Isabel Cowles

Most Recent Articles by Isabel Cowles

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  Happy Birthday, Carole King, Chart-Topping Singer-Songwriter
  Carole King started playing the piano at age 4 and hasn’t stopped since. Out of college in the 1960s King was writing some of the biggest hit singles of the generation. A rich solo career followed, capped by her last tour “Welcome to My Living Room.”
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  Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
  Some consider Ronald Reagan the greatest president in contemporary American history: under his watch, the country saw the longest period of peacetime prosperity in its history. Critics of the Reagan era, however, point to the Iran-Contra scandal and the administration’s reluctance to recognize the AIDS crisis. Regardless of how Reagan’s legacy is viewed, it is certainly an enduring one.
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  Happy Birthday, Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator
  At age 25, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly a plane nonstop across the Atlantic. In addition to experiencing fame and acclamation for his heroism, Lindbergh also suffered major setbacks, including the kidnapping of his firstborn son and accusations of being a Nazi sympathizer.
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  Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Blackwell, First Female Physician in the U.S.
  When Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821, there were no formally trained female physicians in the Western world. But Blackwell graduated first in her class, established a hospital and medical school, and practiced medicine until she was almost 90 years old. By the time she died, there were 7,000 female doctors in the United States alone.
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  Jeanne Shaheen, First Woman Elected to the US Senate From NH
  Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire’s first female governor, became the state’s first female senator in November of 2008, beating Republican incumbent John Sununu by 7 percent.