This document contains a biographical sketch of Ernie Pyle, the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist from Indiana who gained fame during World War II as a nationally syndicated correspondent for the Associated Press. The story of Pyle's life is traced from his birth in Dana, Indiana, through his college years and his early years as a roving reporter…

Concludes that American newspaper editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries came from elite social backgrounds, which is contrary to the rags-to-riches image fostered by previous historians. (RB)

Examines the relationship between oral history and biography. Looks specifically at three studies of individual American Indians. Investigates the literary forms authors invented, reshaped, or adopted to bring oral narrative into biographic form. (RKM)

The life and work of Eleanor Roosevelt are discussed. Photographs are included. (RM)

The traits of Lincoln the war president are distinguished from his influential executive strategies. (KM)

Presents a brief history of three generations of the Johnson family and their farm once located in the Peaks of Otter area of Appalachia through which the Blue Ridge Parkway runs. Implies that the National Park Service and Parkway administration obscured understanding of the significant cultural life of the area through its mandates and…

This theme issue is devoted to the three men named Henry Wallace and the history they made for Iowa and for the United States. All of the Henrys were deeply involved in farming and all of them wrote in a magazine called "Wallaces' Farmer." All three of these men also did special work for the U.S. government. The most famous Henry, Henry…

A selected list of audiovisual materials useful for teaching the Bicentennial are annotated including a review of Bicentennial biographies. (JR)

The feats of individuals who have made history in the aerospace world are often misunderstood and soon ignored or forgotten after the first notoriety has been achieved. Amelia Earhart was selected as the subject for this learning packet because of her brilliant accomplishments on the world of flight, a persistent desire to determine what really…

Details and assesses the life and education career of Susanna Rowson, particularly her involvement with geography education in the early United States. Discusses her childhood, career in the arts and on the stage, novel writing, educational career, geography textbooks, and relations with other early U.S. geographers. (DSK)

The teaching lives of Mary S. Peake and Charlotte L. Forten during the Civil War and Reconstruction through a limited life history approach are examined. It is a contribution to the roles of African American women in the history of American education.

This booklet contains biographical information about Bessie Coleman, Nellie Bly, Gertrude Ederle, Sojourner Truth, Chien-Shiung Wu, Yoshiko Uchida, Madam C. J. Walker, Maria Martinez, Jovita Idar, Margaret Bourke-White, Sally Ride, and Sybil Ludington. These women are noted for their important contributions to United States history. It is hoped…

The first married woman to be issued a United States passport (1925) in her maiden name Doris E. Fleischman and her husband, Edward L. Bernays, maintained a partnership in one of the country's premier public relations firms until Fleischman's death in 1980. Yet although Bernays received tremendous popular, trade, and scholarly media attention,…

The life of Thomas Paine had been one of constant failure and misfortune until he arrived in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) where he rose to fame as the politically astute author of "Common Sense." Published in January 1776, "Common Sense" called for the colonies' independence from England and was written in the simple,…