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Sean Connery among new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entries
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoScottish actor Sir Sean Connery and English singer Dame Vera Lynn are among the new entrants in the...
"The Prayers of Black & Brown Mothers" includes prayers from eight women - 1 from Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA common belief of people of faith is that prayer changes things. It was with that in mind that nine...
There’s More to Barbie Creator Ruth Handler’s Story than ‘Barbie’ Shares
Biography via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBarbie creator Ruth Handler was inspired to make her iconic doll after finding an alluring German...
Barbie's 'pornographic' origin story, as told by historians
Washington Post· 1 year agoIt was 1956, the co-founder of Mattel and her teenage daughter stood outside a shop in Switzerland,...
Ruth Handler Is the Key to Barbie . What To Know About the Doll’s Controversial Founder
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRuth Handler, Mattel Inc. co-founder and inventor of the Barbie Doll, displays the special 40th...
Local history: Akron-born child star Jimmy Butler gave all for country
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPrivate Jimmy Butler lugged a bulky radio across a foggy battlefield as enemy machine guns roared...
15 Historical Icons You Didn't Know Were Bisexual
Pride via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe world wouldn't be the same without the contributions of these bi icons! When talking about the queer community, the B in LGBTQ+ often gets left out...
New Ocean County commissioner disagrees with colleagues on his first day on the job
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTOMS RIVER - In one of his first votes as a newly sworn-in Ocean County commissioner, Frank Sadeghi...
Ivo Mosley, writer, ceramicist and vocal critic of his grandfather Sir Oswald Mosley – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIvo Mosley, who has died from motor neurone disease and dementia aged 72, was a grandson of the...
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Film About How Nan Goldin Turned Her Art...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" takes those two elements — Nan Goldin’s art and her activism —...