Profiles in Greatness: Booker T. Washington
As the foremost black educator and public figure at the turn of the last century, Booke
Profiles in Greatness: Marie Curie
In 1867, Russia had assumed rule over Poland and sought to extinguish Polish language and cultu
Profiles in Greatness: The Rockefellers
Rumored at one time to be the wealthiest man who had ever lived, John
Profiles in Greatness: Sojourner Truth
Born into slavery almost 60 years before the signing of the Emancipati
The First Truly American Writer
William Faulkner called Mark Twain “the first truly American writer” and sa
Profiles in Greatness: Sitting Down to Take a Stand
Known a
Profiles in Greatness: The Great Communicator
Family legend says John “Jack” Reagan looked at his newborn son, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and said, “He looks like a fat little Dutchman. But who knows, he might grow up to be president someday.” Little did he know what the future held for the ambitious boy born on Feb. 6, 1911, in Tampico, Ill. The […]
Profiles in Greatness: George Eastman
George Eastman’s prospects as a young man did not look especially promising. Growing up in R
Legends: Teaching Man to Help Himself
As a young newspaper editor in Victorian Scotland, Samuel Smiles advocated government reform provi
To Kindle a Light in the Darkness
Carl Jung was a solitary and thoughtful child, though he always had a vivid imagination
Legends: Doctor for the Soul
While we often take for granted that physiology and psychology are intimately linked, that the health of our bodies is often dependent on the health of our minds, Western medicine has not always been so open to this idea. And while there are many schools of thought on what gives us the will to live […]
Profiles in Greatness: The Virgin Queen
When Elizabeth I was born in 1533, the only child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boley
