- Otis, Elisha Graves (1811-1861) (4)
Find sites for Elisha Graves Otis, the American who invented the elevator safety brake which conceptualized the mass construction of skyscrapers. Sites offer biography, facts of about the invention, and the Otis Elevator company founded by the American inventor.
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- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)@
Learn about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States best known for ending slavery and preserving the Union during the Civil War. Sites offer biography, history, timelines, family, museum exhibits, drafts of speeches, political scenario during his tenure, and the legacy left behind by the President who gave up his life in his efforts of building an ideal country.
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- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919) (10)
Find sites for Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), the Scottish-born American businessman, philanthopist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. Sites feature biography, career overview, television series, sponsored peace programs, as well as organizations and institutions set up by and in the name of the industrialist who built one of the most influential corporations in the U.S. history.
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- Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.) (1846-1917) (6)
Find sites for Buffalo Bill or Willaim F. Cody (1846-1917), the legendary American buffalo hunter and showman. Sites offer biography, documentary, museum exhibits, and news reports which analyze the life of the man and the myth behind the founder of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show. Also find sites for Buffalo Bill Musuem and grave.
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- Crazy Horse (1845?-1877)@
Learn about Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who fought to preserve the traditions and values of Lakota people. Sites include biography, lifestyle, the struggle against the Federal government's attempt to takeover the native people's lands, and other achievements of the leader who was also known as Tashunka Witco, "his horse is crazy."
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- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895) (11)
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- Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913) (13)
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- Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) (9)
Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
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- Madison, James (1751-1836)@
Explore the sites for James Madison, the fourth President of the United States also known as the Father of the Constitution. Sites feature biography, historical documents, personal accounts, online exhibits, annotated correspondence, and tribute to the U.S. President who built a movement of grass roots political activism during the early 1800s.
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- Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-1859) (2)
Find sites for Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political thinker and historian whose political philosophy laid foundations to the present day U.S. democracy in America. Sites offer biography, pictures, as well as English translations and online editions of the political philosopher who emphasized upon equality of social conditions for better individuals and better society.
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- Whitney, Eli (1765-1825) (4)
Learn about Eli Whitney, the American inventor and manufacturer credited with creating the first cotton gin in 1793. Sites feature biography, genealogy, museum exhibits, and his innovative concepts and designs which set standards for mass production in American manufacturing.
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- Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915) (6)
Learn about Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), one of the intellectual leaders whose dynamic "Taylorism" ideas highly influenced the Progressive Era in the U.S. history. Sites feature biography, career profile, time-and-motion studies for improved worker productivity, and other organizational psychology approaches initiated by the American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
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- James, Jesse (1847-1882) (6)
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- Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) (16)
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- Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)@
Learn about Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), the American civil rights leader who fought to secure women's suffrage in the United States. Sites include life, career profile, achievements, historical background of suffrage movement, museum exhibits, and annotated directory of sites about the independent social reformer and abolitionist.
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- Brown, John (1800-1859) (9)
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- Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) (7)
Read about Davy Crockett, the 19th-century American folk hero, soldier, and politician. Sites provide an overview of his biography, timeline, quotes, articles, and text of a speech by the King of the Wild Frontier.
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- Clay, Henry (1777-1852) (5)
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- Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883) (9)
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- Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929) (4)
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