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Beatrix Potter. Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter (/ ˈbiːətrɪks / BEE-ə-triks), [1] was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her ...
An aerial battle employing dirigibles with cannons, as depicted in En L'An 2000, a series of postcards printed between 1899 and 1910. The first flying experimental planes were between 1886 and 1910. This is a list of fictional stories that, when composed, were set in the future, but the future they predicted is now present or past.
Lina Medina. Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) [1] is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to son Gerardo on 14 May 1939, aged five years, seven months, and 21 days. [1][2] Based on the medical assessments of her pregnancy, she ...
55 Women’s History Month Quotes To Share With Kids ... "I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story. I will." — Amy ...
12. “At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.”. – Ellen Key. 13. “Children are not things to be ...
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...