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www .violetadegainza .com .ar. Violeta Hemsy de Gainza (25 January 1929 – 7 July 2023) was an Argentine pianist and music pedagogue. She focused on the music education of children, improvisation and music therapy, considering learning music a human right. Her books were translated into many languages. She served in international organisations ...
Harriet Muncaster. Harriet Muncaster in 2023. Harriet Muncaster (born 1988) [1] is the writer and illustrator of the Isadora Moon series of books, which has been translated in more than 30 languages and is being turned into a 52-episode animated series for Sky Kids. [2]
Antonio Paredes Candia. Antonio Paredes Candia (10 July 1924, La Paz – 12 December 2004) was a Bolivian writer, folklorist and researcher who wrote over 100 books on Bolivian culture during his lifetime. He is considered an icon of Bolivian culture and identity. His work primarily focused on the country's characters, traditions, customs and ...
Chasca (Salvadoran folklore) Chasca, also known as "la virgen del agua" (The virgin of the water), is the name of a fictional character in Salvadoran folklore . According to oral tradition, in the barra de Santiago lived a man named Pachacutec, who arranged a marriage between his daughter, Chasca, and a prince of the zutuhil tribe. [1]
Mamá Tingó (born Florinda Muñoz Soriano; November 8, 1921 – November 1, 1974) [ 1] was a Dominican activist leader and defender of the rural farming community in Dominican Republic. [ 2] She was assassinated fighting against the unjust plunder of the resident farmers’ land in Hato Viejo in Yamasá during the second government under ...
Salvador Tió y Montes de Oca, better known as Salvador Tió was born on November 15, 1911, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to Salvador Tió y Malaret and his wife Teresa Montes de Oca y Branderes. He completed studies in law at Columbia Law School in New York and at the Complutense University of Portugal.
Baby cage. A baby cage was a bed in a wire cage suspended from city apartment windows. The "health cage", as it was initially called, was invented by Mrs. Robert C Lafferty to provide babies with fresh air and sunshine while living in crowded cities. [1]
Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on 29 September 1934 in Fiume, [ 4] now known as Rijeka, [ 5] then part of the Kingdom of Italy. His family name derives from the village of Csíkszentmihály in Transylvania. [ 6] He was the third son of a career diplomat at the Hungarian Consulate in Fiume. [ 5][ 7] In 1944, when Csikszentmihalyi was ...