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The front gate at American University American University in 1916. American University was established in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892, primarily due to the efforts of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who aimed to create an institution that could train future public servants.
Louise Benning Samuel Spencer (March 20, 1847 – November 29, 1906) was an American civil engineer , businessman, and railroad executive . With an education interrupted by service in the Confederate cavalry late in the American Civil War , he completed his education at the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia .
Louise Meriwether (May 8, 1923 – October 10, 2023) was an American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist, as well as a writer of biographies of historically important African Americans for children.
Louise Barnett is the author of seven books, including a biography of General Custer titled Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer (1996). Education and employment [ edit ]
Louise Ellen Stanley (June 8, 1883 – July 15, 1954) was an American chemist and home economist. After an academic career teaching at the University of Missouri from 1907 to 1923, she was the first head of the Bureau of Home Economics , a federal office within the United States Department of Agriculture , from 1923 to 1943.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. American actress (born 1958) Annette Bening Bening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival Born Annette Carol Bening (1958-05-29) May 29, 1958 (age 66) Topeka, Kansas, U.S. Education San Francisco State University (BA) American Conservatory Theater (MFA) Occupation Actress Years ...
Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. [1] She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. [ 2 ]
Louise Arner Boyd (September 16, 1887 – September 14, 1972) was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, who wrote extensively of her scientific expeditions. She became the first woman to fly over the North Pole in 1955, after privately chartering a DC-4 and crew that included aviation pioneers Thor Solberg and Paul Mlinar.