Though she never ran for office, she spent her life energetically working to improve the lives of people with developmental problems.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Around 1901, Mrs. Gardner moved into the 4th floor of the museum, where she would live for the rest of her life.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

While she waited for the bombing attack to end, her cameras recorded the explosions, which lit up the rooftops of the city.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

For example, the reporter Nellie Bly was working for him when she investigated the cruel treatment of patients at a mental hospital.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

But,she later woke up. The first thing she asked for was a pair of scissors so she could start another paper creation.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Clara Barton really began her life of caring for the sick when she was only eleven years old.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

She was a successful teacher, but the work,she decided, was too difficult for the amount she was paid.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

She announced her support for the vice-presidential nomination of Lloyd Bentsen at the nineteen eighty-eight convention in Atlanta.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

When Betty Friedan became pregnant for the second time, she was dismissed from her job at the newspaper.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the prostitutes so she could listen to the records.

VOA: special.2011.07.17

Mother did not know Bill was gone until she gathered the children for the midday meal.

VOA: special.2009.11.28