For more than 40 years, this unique non-profit entity has sparked the imagination of students across America and around the globe by bringing them into direct personal contact with the greatest thinkers and achievers of the age.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - 1774 - Present

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A shrine to baseball's greatest players, the Hall of Fame is committed to preserving and promoting the education of baseball history.

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace.

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Who2 is an encyclopedia of famous people. We research and write profiles of real people, fictional characters, and some figures (like Robin Hood) who may be either. We also profile celebrities who aren't people, like Ham the Chimp and Hal 9000.

Main index for the research of Women's History. Biographies of inspirational women for International Womans Day. Read the essential details with facts...

Celebrating the positive contributions of women in all walks of life : Patti Page Margaret Mead Helen Hayes Jane Goodall Betty Ford Ann Armstrong Dailey Hillary Rodham Clinton Pearl Bailey Corazon Aquino Dr. Ruth Westheimer Eleanor Roosevelt