Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix said, "Strange as it may seem, the great majority of people are devoid of imagination." (Fiero, pp.358).
Eugene Delacroix knew that it was...
Cleopatra VII of Egypt – Ptolemaic Majesty
Cleopatra took the throne from her father, Ptolemy XII, at the age of eighteen. A few years later, she was swept off of it,...
Naduah: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker
"I am Naduah!" she shouted at them. She stood in the howling winds of winter and they swallowed her words. They ate her defiance....
The Story of the Trung Sisters: Undaunted Courage
On February 6, 40 A.D., Trung Trac stood before her troops in full military regalia. She rallied 30,000 soldiers that had gathered at the...
The Most Notorious Criminals of all Time
There are criminals who are remembered only during their lifetime, and then there are those who live in infamy. The 18th century pirate Blackbeard...
Eric Liddell: Missionary to China During World War II
Though made famous by his gold-medal 400-meter run at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Eric Liddell left an impact on more than just the sporting...
Alma Rose And The Auschwitz Orchestra
Early Life
Alma Rose born in Vienna in 1906 was an Austrian violinist of Jewish descent. She died in 1944 in Auschwitz probably of food...
Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson (1849-1896)
A ground breaker in her time, Eliza Nicholson was the first woman publisher of a daily newspaper in the Deep South.
Eliza Nicholson was the...
Abraham Lincoln and Labor
"The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then...
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan: The King’s Pirate
He was born in 1635 in County Monmouth, Wales. His father, Robert, was a well-to-do farmer. Sometime in 1654, 19 year-old Henry Morgan traveled...