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Reagan, Nancy
Nancy Davis Reagan was born on July 6, 1921, in New York City. Raised in Chicago, she graduated from Girls’ Latin School and went on to Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, where she graduated in 1943.
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Reagan, Ronald
US President - 1981-89
At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism."
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Roosevelt, Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She was married to the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D
US President - 1933-45
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano - BIO-2
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only President of the United States that was elected to office four times: 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944. Prior to the third-term election of 1940, it was a presidential tradition set by George Washington that presidents only held the office for two terms. Explore more materials related to this President in BIO-2.
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Roosevelt, Theodore
US President - 1901-09
With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
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Strauss, Richard
For middle school and up, an introduction to the post-Romantic composer Richard Strauss
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Taft, William Howard
US President - 1909-13
Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. Large, jovial, conscientious, he was caught in the intense battles between Progressives and conservatives, and got scant credit for the achievements of his administration.
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Taylor, Zachary
US President - 1849-50
Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress. He acted at times as though he were above parties and politics. As disheveled as always, Taylor tried to run his administration in the same rule-of-thumb fashion with which he had fought Indians.
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Temple-Black, Shirley
Actress - b.1928
Shirley Temple-Black wrote an award-winning autobiography called Child Star in 1988, and you've probably tried a drink named after her.
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Tesla, Nikola
Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the U.S. in 1884 as a physicist. He pioneered the generation, transmission, and use of alternating current (AC) electricity, which can be transmitted over much greater distances than direct current.
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Truman, Harry S
US President - 1945-53
During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S. Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became President. He told reporters, "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."
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Tubman, Harriet
Born into slavery in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a spy, nurse, feminist, and social reformer. Read about this woman who was known as the "Moses of her People."
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Tyler, John
US President - 1841-45
Dubbed "His Accidency" by his detractors, John Tyler was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor.
Mar 28, 2006, 22:35