Here you’ll find the expected, saints, nuns, bishops/priests/ministers etc, but also people who were simply faithful, or destroyed by a religion. One thing I’ve learned with studying different belief systems over the years, is that religion can bring faith to the hopeless, but also lead to mass destruction, death, and war. Studying religion is not…
Affiliated With Ancient Rome
Here you will find entries from all across the history of Rome, from the beginning around 500 BC all the way to the Holy Roman Empire (which dissolved in 1806 AD, so a long time!). There will be enemies, friends, emperors, queens, and everyone in between. Basically if the person crossed paths with Rome in…
Affiliated With Ancient Egypt
Entries on this page either lived in Ancient Egypt or studied and impacted our collective knowledge of the ancient Egyptians. Here you will find many stories from all across history, and I hope you become just as fascinated with the people of the Black Land as I have been all my life. As I upload…
340) Brenda Chapman
340: Brenda Chapman Film Director Born: 1 November 1962, Beason, Illinois, United States of America Brenda is most known for directing Pixar’s Brave (for which she shares the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film). She is a writer, animation story artist, and director. Brenda was the first woman to direct an animated feature from a…
339) Moll King
339: Moll King The Owner of King’s Coffeehouse Born: 1696, St. Giles in the Fields, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 1747, Haverstock, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Original Name: Elizabeth Adkins Moll was (purportedly) a pickpocket, sex worker, and notorious member of London’s underworld. She is the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s character and novel…
338) Lynne Chinn
338: Lynne Chinn Mosaic Artist and All-Around Amazing Artist and Person Born: 22 August 1962, Loch Haven, Pennsylvania, United States of America Lynne uses glass tiles to makes sculptures, religious iconography, and other commissioned works including a large low wall at a bus station in Texas. Before stepping into the world of mosaic works, Lynne…
337) Misty May-Treanor
337: Misty May-Treanor Retired Professional Beach Volleyball Player Born: 30 July 1977, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Misty holds three Olympic Gold Medals. In August of 2012, she became the most successful female beach volleyball player of all time (alongside teammate Kerri Walsh). Misty’s father played in the 1968 US Men’s National Volleyball…
336) Carrie E Buck Detamore
336: Carrie Buck Eagle Detamore Victim and Plaintiff in the US Supreme Court Case Buck V Bell Born: 15 March 1906, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America Died: 28 January 1983, Waynesboro, Virginia, United States of America The case legalized and allowed thousands of US citizens to be sterilized for being “feeble-minded”. Carrie’s story is…
335) Ida B Wells
335: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett Journalist, Researcher, and Activist Born: 16 July 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America Died: 25 March 1931, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Born into slavery, Ida was left in charge of her younger siblings after her parents were killed in a yellow fever epidemic when she was a…
334) Jennifer Lee
334: Jennifer Lee Director, Screenwriter, Playwright, and Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios Born: 22 October 1971, East Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America Jennifer is best known for being the writer and co-director of Frozen which won her an Academy Award. She also helped write Wreck it Ralph, Zootopia, and various…