Famous Figures
The Most Powerful Women Rulers in History
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Due to the incomplete nature of our historical records, it’s impossible to say when the first female ruler came to power. Some might point to Kubaba, a tavern keeper who supposedly ascended to the throne of Sumer — one of the largest civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia — around 2400 BCE. If the story is true, it would make her arguably the first documented female ruler in human history — but chances are it’s a myth. There’s more evidence to back the claim of Sobekneferu, who reigned as a full pharaoh in ancient Egypt from around ...Read More
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Famous FiguresArticle0The U.S. Presidents’ Favorite Books
In 1771, George Washington wrote, “I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.” He was the first of many United States…
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Famous FiguresFact7George Washington’s dentures were made from, among other things, hippo tusks.
When forming a mental picture of George Washington, many of us likely flip through the brain rolodex to recall a portrait of the founding father staring back at viewers in…
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Famous FiguresFact5Irving Berlin and Disney helped shape Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” campaign.
Being the supreme commander of a victorious army is usually enough to make one a popular presidential candidate, but it can’t hurt to have the geniuses behind some of the…
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Famous FiguresFact17Gerald Ford was the first president to change his full name.
Gerald Ford will forever be in the history books as the 38th president of the United States, but he first entered the record books under a different name. He was…
