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Lola Van Wagenen (born December 19, 1938) [1] is an American historian and activist. In 1970, she co-founded Consumer Action Now (CAN), [2] a non-profit educational organization, and in 1995 co-founded Clio Visualizing History, Inc. [3] to promote history education. (In 2003, Clio changed its corporate structure becoming a not-for-profit ...
Furthermore, a man who began committing incest with his mother after the death of his father could be ordered to be burned alive. Ancient Egypt. In Ancient Egypt, several incidents of burning alive perceived rebels are attested to. Senusret I (r. 1971–1926 BC) is said to have rounded up the rebels in campaign, and burnt them as human torches
e. Youree Dell Harris (August 12, 1962 – July 26, 2016) was an American television personality and actress best known for portraying Miss Cleo, a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call-minute service called Psychic Readers Network, in a series of television commercials that aired from 1997 to 2003. [2] Harris used various aliases, including ...
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator ( Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ [note 5] lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; [note 6] 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. [note 7] A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its ...
Saratoga Trunk is a best-selling novel by American author Edna Ferber, originally published by Doubleday, Doran in 1941 . It concerns a notorious Creole woman, Clio Dulaine, who returns to her native New Orleans and marries a Texas gambler, Colonel Clint Maroon. The book serves as the basis for the 1945 film, Saratoga Trunk, and the 1959 stage ...
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress and director. After making her acting debut as a child in The Stepford Wives (1975), Masterson took a ten-year hiatus to focus on her education. Her early film roles include Heaven Help Us (1985), At Close Range (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and Chances Are (1989).
Sir John Dankworth. . . ( m. 1958; died 2010) . Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE (born Clementine Dinah Hitching; 28 October 1927) is an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. [citation needed] She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec Dankworth and singer Jacqui Dankworth .
Pierus. Children. Hymenaeus, Hyacinthus. Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved at the Ghent University Library. [1] In Greek mythology, Clio ( traditionally / ˈklaɪoʊ /, [2] but now more frequently / ˈkliːoʊ /; Greek: Κλειώ ), also spelled Kleio, [3] is the muse of history, [4] or in a few mythological accounts ...