Dr. Antonia Coello Novello, M.D., (born August 23, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator.
She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as fourteenth Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993.
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2013-08-23
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Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress of Jewish descent.
Though known primarily for her film career as a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age", she also co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications, a key to many forms of wireless communication.
2013-08-15
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Janet Wood Reno (born July 21, 1938) is a former Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11.
She was the first female Attorney General and the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt.
2013-07-20
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Helen Reddy was born into a well-known Australian show business family in October, 1941.
She has won a Grammy Award, and appeared on Broadway and feature films.
She was credited with writing and singing one of the most iconic and culturally significant songs of the 1970s, "I Am Woman."
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2013-07-16
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Jean Kerr (July 10, 1922 – January 5, 2003) was an American author and playwright born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and best known for her humorous bestseller, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, and the plays King of Hearts and Mary, Mary.
She was married to drama critic Walter Kerr and was the mother of six children.
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2013-07-10
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