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Jill Abramson: Making the News in More Ways Than One

Jill Abramson is best known for her time as the executive editor of The New York Times from September 2011 to May 2014. She was the first female executive editor in the paper’s 160-year history. Abramson was born and raised in New York City. She attended Harvard University and graduated in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in history and literature. While in college, she was the Arts Editor of The Harvard Independent and freelanced for Time magazine…

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Jean Hanff Korelitz Find Success on the Page and Screen

Best-selling author Jean Hanff Korelitz has seen a slow but steady rise in popularity with several of her novels now adapted to film and television. She has found the most success with her seventh novel, “The Plot,” which she wrote at a fever pitch over the course of four months during the lockdown of 2020. At the time, she was struggling with structural difficulties while writing what became her most recent novel, “The Latecomer”…

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Aimee Mullins: Breaking Barriers as an Athlete, Model, Advocate, and Actress

With successful careers as an athlete, model, actress, and public speaker, Aimee Mullins has consistently broken through many barriers – but don’t make the mistake of referring to her as disabled. “‘Disabled’ is perfectly relevant when describing a piece of machinery. But I find it really problematic when we use it to describe humans,” Mullins said in an interview with the podcast “Change Lab”…

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Kara DioGuardi Has Written All the Songs You Sing Along to

While many people recognize Kara DioGuardi from her time as a guest judge on “American Idol,” she actually launched her Grammy-nominated songwriting career with a series of collaborations with Paula Abdul in 1995. Since then, she has added CEO, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer to her list of accomplishments, of which there are many…

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Catherine Hicks’ Roles Have Ranged From Mom to Marilyn

American actress Catherine Mary Hicks has been appearing in film and on television since 1976. She is best known for her portrayal of Annie Camden, a jack-of-all-trades stay-at-home mom in the long-running family drama television series “7th Heaven.” Hicks has also been recognized for her roles as Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera “Ryan’s Hope,” as Marilyn Monroe…

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Carol Chomsky: The Mother of Modern Linguistics

If Noam Chomsky is considered the father of modern linguistics then his wife, linguist and education specialist Carol, could easily be thought of as the mother. Carol Doris Schatz was born on July 1, 1930. She married Noam Chomsky at the age of 19, the two having known each other since they were children…

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