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4 days ago · First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported the WACs and was impressed with their leaders. She asked Oveta to accompany her to England just before D-day. There, Oveta met with General Eisenhower, a meeting that began a long friendship and resulted in Oveta’s crucial support for him when he later ran for president.
5 days ago · ELEANOR J. "THE AVON LADY" (PARKS) Age 103, of Lawrenceville, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Richard J. Orlowski; loving mother of John (Shelly) Orlowski and Elle (the late...
2 days ago · Amelia Mary Earhart ( / ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights, and ...
- Amelia Mary Earhart, July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas, U.S.
- Death in absentia, January 5, 1939
- Many early aviation records, including first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
5 days ago · Mary McLeod Bethune was a civil rights pioneer, speaking out against discrimination and paving the way for African-Americans to get a better education. She was born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, S.C. She was the 15th of 17 children born to Samuel and Patsy McLeod, both former slaves. Much of the family picked cotton in order to survive.
4 days ago · More counties in the United States experienced population growth in the last year, according to the latest Census data, even as pandemic-related moving trends begin to normalize.. Counties in the ...
7 hours ago · Eleanor, Countess of Buckingham: d. 1399 1384 Later Duchess of Gloucester F13 Anne Hastings, Countess of Pembroke: d. 1384 1384 F14 Elizabeth, Countess of Salisbury 1384 F15 Catherine of Lancaster: d. 1418 1384 Later Queen of Castile and León F16 Joan, Lady Mohun 1384 73 Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford: 1362–1392 1385
4 days ago · Port Talbot; Carmarthen; Merthyr Tydfil; See all locations; ... Eleanor Wood Bowyer. 16:23, 22 APR 2024; Updated ... There was an old lady and an old man just sitting in the car just quietly not ...
