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Academy Awards
Elizabeth Taylor is Interviewed About Her Past & Present Life

  By Sarah Dejak • February 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Dinah Shore interviews Elizabeth Taylor via telephone in 1978 about her past and present goals. Continue reading

Tagged   Academy Awards, Arts and Culture, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Film, Women
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Academy Awards
Hattie McDaniel Wins Best Supporting Actress: ‘My Heart is Too Full’

  By Witnify • February 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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See Hattie McDaniel's acceptance speech after winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'Gone With The Wind' at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940. Continue reading

Tagged   Academy Awards, Arts and Culture, Film, Hattie McDaniel, TV, Women
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John F. Kennedy
[Text] JFK Establishes President’s Commission on the Status of Women

  By Sarah Dejak • February 21, 2014 Uncategorized
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John F. Kennedy's executive order, written on December 14, 1961, on what he believes is the potential and right of women in the United States. Continue reading

Tagged   John F. Kennedy, Politics and History, Women
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Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater Tara Lipinski on Handling Unexpected Success and Fame

  By Virginia Choi • February 14, 2014 Uncategorized
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Coaches discuss figure skater Tara Lipinski's professional achievements such as winning the 1997 World Figure Skating Championship as the youngest person to do so at age 14. Continue reading

Tagged   Athlete, Skating, Sports, Tara Lipinski, Women
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Winter Olympic Games
Snowboarder Torah Bright On Her 2010 Gold Medal Win

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Torah Bright, Olympic snowboarder for Australia, explains what she was thinking during her Gold Medal half pipe run and explains why she thinks she was able to make such an incredible comeback after falling on her first run. Continue reading

Tagged   Snowboarding, Sports, Winter Olympic Games, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Speech

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II speaks in front of Parliament on her Diamond Jubilee, the 60th year of her reign. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Behind the 21-Gun Salute for Queen Elizabeth II

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Major Mark Edward and Captain Richard Todd explain the preparation that went into the 21- and 41-gun salute that honored Queen Elizabeth II’s 61st anniversary of becoming queen as well as the history of the salute. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Queen's Speech to Parliament in 2013

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II of England reads her Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament on May 8, 2013. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Malala Yousafzai
Queen Elizabeth II and Malala Yousafzai Meet

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban, and she shares her reaction to seeing the Queen. Continue reading

Tagged   2010s, Diplomacy, Education, historical footage, Malala Yousafzai, Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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Queen Elizabeth II
Rare Queen Elizabeth Interview About the Permanence of Ruling

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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England’s Queen Elizabeth II shares her thoughts on a wide range of topics like, what it was like to take on the title of Queen with “no apprenticeship” after her father died young, what she does with the immense numbers of letters she receives, and more. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Queen Elizabeth II, Women
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