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Robert Abbott
In 1909, Abbott launched a campaign against vice in the black community. In 1910, Abbott hired J. Hockley Smiley as managing editor. Smiley was instrumental in changing the format of the newspaper. He...
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Nellie Bly
Nonplussed, Nellie Bly went to New York where she promptly convinced Joseph Pulitzer to put her on staff at New York's most widely read newspaper, the New York World. Once employed, she went under cov...
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Elizabeth Barrett
In 1806 the family moved into Hope End, a country estate in Herefordshire. When she was only 12 she wrote a poem called, The Battle of Marathon. Her father had it printed two years later. Despite his ...
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Nellie Bly
Nellie began to cultivate an excellent reputation as a reporter. Very soon she came to the notice of other newspaper editors. Joseph Pullitzer in New York made her an offer that she couldn’t refuse. S...
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Lord Byron
Bryon came from two high-strung, out of control families with reputations for irresponsible behavior and violence. His father, an army captain and playboy known as "Mad Jack," ravished the fort...
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Gulzar
oet, Lyricist, Writer, Director - Gulzar is one of those sensitive people whose work is laced with the lyrical but psychologically adept examination of human sensibilities. His artistic yet accessibl...
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