Fay Wray was a Canadian-born actor who appeared in more than 90 motion pictures, including a number of silent films, and acted opposite some of Hollywood’s most notable male stars. She was best remembered for her performance as the love object of a giant gorilla in King Kong (1933). Given the role

War Refugee Board (WRB), United States agency established January 22, 1944, to attempt to rescue victims of the Nazis—mainly Jews—from death in German-occupied Europe. The board began its work after the Nazis had already killed millions in concentration and extermination camps. A late start, a lack

Sébastien Loeb: …having won a record nine World Rally Championship (WRC) titles (2004–12).

heraldry: The reading of heraldry: In formal blazons the wreath (also called the torse) is given as well; thus, crest—on a wreath of the colors, a wolf passant proper (Trelawny). The wreath is not usually mentioned, however, because, like the helmet, it is always assumed to be there. The term colors refers to the…

wreath, circular garland, usually woven of real or artificial flowers, leaves, and foliage, that traditionally indicates honor or celebration. The wreath in ancient Egypt was most popular in the form of a chaplet made by sewing flowers to linen bands and tying them around the head. In ancient

John Munonye: …Man of Obange (1971) and A Wreath for the Maidens (1973). His novel A Dancer of Fortune (1974) is a satire of modern Nigerian business. Munonye returned to the family of his first two novels in Bridge to a Wedding (1978). Thereafter he published little.

Avatamsaka-sutra, voluminous Mahayana Buddhist text that some consider the most sublime revelation of the Buddha’s teachings. Scholars value the text for its revelations about the evolution of thought from early Buddhism to fully developed Mahayana. The sutra speaks of the deeds of the Buddha and

Avatamsaka-sutra, voluminous Mahayana Buddhist text that some consider the most sublime revelation of the Buddha’s teachings. Scholars value the text for its revelations about the evolution of thought from early Buddhism to fully developed Mahayana. The sutra speaks of the deeds of the Buddha and

The Wreck of the Deutschland, ode by Gerard Manley Hopkins, written in the mid-1870s and published posthumously in 1918 in Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. One of Hopkins’s longest poems, comprising 35 eight-line stanzas, it commemorates the death of five Franciscan nuns, exiled from Germany, who

Gordon Lightfoot: …Lightfoot’s best-known song was “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976), about the sinking of a Great Lakes freighter. He continued to perform and record into the early 21st century.

Disney Company: Continuing expansion: ABC, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm: Among them were Tangled (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Frozen (2013), and Encanto (2021). Disney’s live-action films experienced something of a rebirth when Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), a film loosely inspired by a ride at Disney theme parks, scored huge numbers at the box…

Ha Jin: Literary works: …Shadows (1996); later collections include Wreckage (2001) and A Distant Center (2018). His volume of army stories, Ocean of Words (1996), received the PEN/Hemingway Award in 1997, and his second book of stories, Under the Red Flag (1997), which tells of life during the Cultural Revolution, won the Flannery O’Connor…

wreckfish, (Polyprion americanus), large, grayish fish of the family Polyprionidae (order Perciformes), found in the Mediterranean and in both sides of the Atlantic, generally in offshore waters. The wreckfish is deep-bodied, with a large head and jutting lower jaw, and attains a length and weight

Miley Cyrus: Bangerz, Plastic Hearts, and Endless Summer Vacation: The ballad “Wrecking Ball,” meanwhile, became Cyrus’s first song to top the Billboard singles chart. The album garnered Cyrus her first Grammy Award nomination, for best pop vocal album. She then veered away from the mainstream with Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), a collection of…

Emmylou Harris: Her 1995 release, Wrecking Ball, on which she performed songs written by Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix, among others, was especially notable and earned the Grammy Award for best contemporary folk album. Red Dirt Girl (2000), on which she was accompanied by such singers as Kate…

Bruce Springsteen: Without The Big Man: Wrecking Ball, Springsteen’s 17th studio album, released in March 2012, represented a sharp turn in his social vision and attitude toward the political moment. The album and the tour that followed its release attempted to reshape the E Street project. On the album, the majestic…

Dean Martin: … (1966), The Ambushers (1967), and The Wrecking Crew (1968).

Wrexham, county borough, northeastern Wales, along the English border. It covers a lowland area in the east, where most of the population lives, and includes the peaks of Esclusham, Ruabon, and Cyrn-y-Brain in the northwest. In the southwest it extends into the Vale of Ceiriog and the surrounding

Wrexham, town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Wrexham county borough, historic county of Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych), northeastern Wales. It is situated along the River Clywedog, about 5 miles (8 km) west of the border with Cheshire, England. Wrexham is an industrial and market hub, the

Karl Philipp, prince von Wrede was a Bavarian field marshal, allied with Napoleon until 1813, when he joined the coalition against France. Educated for the career of a civil official in the Palatinate, he raised a volunteer corps that served with the Austrians, beginning in 1799. After the Treaty

biblical literature: The modern period: …interpretation by the German scholar William Wrede (Das Messiasgeheimnis in den Evangelien, 1901) and the medical missionary theologian Albert Schweitzer (The Quest of the Historical Jesus, Eng. trans., 1910), who revolutionized New Testament scholarship with his emphasis on the eschatological orientation of Jesus’ mind and message. The writings of the…

Telford and Wrekin, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Shropshire, west-central England, in the east-central part of the county. The unitary authority, drained in the south by the River Severn, is a plain covered by glacial drift soils in the north. Historically important

wren, (family Troglodytidae), any of approximately 85 species of small, chunky, brownish birds (order Passeriformes). The family originated in the Western Hemisphere, and only one species, Troglodytes troglodytes, which breeds circumpolarly in temperate regions, has spread to the Old World. This

St. Stephen’s Day, the name for either of two holidays that are observed in honor of two Christian saints, both of whom are named Stephen. In many countries December 26 commemorates the life of St. Stephen, a Christian deacon in Jerusalem who is believed to have been the first Christian martyr (he

Christopher Wren was a designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, as well as many secular buildings of note. He was a founder of the Royal Society (president 1680–82), and his scientific work

Beau Geste: …the French Foreign Legion by Percival C. Wren, published in 1924.

Christopher Wren was a designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, as well as many secular buildings of note. He was a founder of the Royal Society (president 1680–82), and his scientific work

wren-babbler, any of about 20 species of small Asian birds belonging to the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes). They are 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 inches) long, rather short-tailed, and have a rather short and straight bill. These features differentiate wren-babblers from the

wren-warbler, any of a number of Old World warblers, family Sylviidae (order Passeriformes), that are wrenlike in carrying their tails cocked up. The name also denotes certain birds of the family Maluridae that are found in Australia and New Zealand. Among the sylviid wren-warblers are those of the

wrench, tool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. Basically, a wrench consists of a stout lever with a notch at one or both ends for gripping the bolt or nut in such a way that it can be twisted by a pull on the wrench at right angles to the axes of the lever and the bolt or

strike-slip fault, in geology, a fracture in the rocks of Earth’s crust in which the rock masses slip past one another parallel to the strike, the intersection of a rock surface with the surface or another horizontal plane. These faults are caused by horizontal compression, but they release their

wrenthrush, (Zeledonia coronata), bird of the rain forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It resembles the wren in size (11 cm, or 4.5 inches), in being brownish and short-tailed, and in its habit of skulking in undergrowth. It is thrushlike in beak and leg structure. The wrenthrush has been classified

wrentit, (species Chamaea fasciata), bird of the Pacific coast of North America belonging to family Timaliidae. A fluffy brown bird about 16 cm (6.5 inches) long with a long tail, the wrentit calls harshly and sings loudly in thick brush, where pairs forage for fruit and

WrestleMania, in professional wrestling, the flagship annual event held by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). WrestleMania was WWE’s first pay-per-view event, originally held in 1985, and remains the biggest event in its calendar. The show is typically held in front of a large crowd that

Dwayne Johnson: Return to WWE: …in a main-event match at WrestleMania XXVIII in April 2012. His appearance contributed to the event’s unparalleled success: with more than 1.3 million pay-per-view orders and $67 million in global sales, WrestleMania XXVIII was WWE’s top-grossing pay-per-view broadcast. In January 2013 Johnson captured his eighth professional wrestling title, but he…

Stephen Dobyns: …an unnamed Latin American city; The Wrestler’s Cruel Study (1993), which explores identity and self-perception as a wrestler searches for his missing fiancée; The Church of Dead Girls (1997), about the murder of three young girls and the impact their deaths have on a small town; and the comic thriller…

Darren Aronofsky: The Fountain, The Wrestler, and Black Swan: …more warmly received was Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008), a moving story of an aging professional wrestler (Mickey Rourke) who attempts to maintain his fading career while building a relationship with a stripper (Marisa Tomei) and to reunite with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). The film briefly resurrected Rourke’s career,…

wrestling, sport practiced in various styles by two competitors, involving forcing an opponent to touch the ground with some part of the body other than his feet; forcing him into a certain position, usually supine (on his back); or holding him in that position for a minimum length of time.

Sandra Bullock: Rise to stardom: …Sylvester Stallone, and the drama Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. Her big breakthrough, however, was the thriller Speed (1994), about a policeman (played by Keanu Reeves) who, with the assistance of a plucky passenger (Bullock), must deactivate a bomb on a bus. In 1996 Bullock earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for…

Frantz Fanon: …Damnés de la terre (1961; The Wretched of the Earth) established Fanon as a leading intellectual in the international decolonization movement; the preface to his book was written by Jean-Paul Sartre.

alternative rock: …to make what their bassist, D’Arcy, called “beautiful music that varies” out of many-hued guitar tones that cracked and frazzled. In 1991 Nirvana and producer Butch Vig released “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” from their epochal 1991 album, Nevermind. The sheer immediacy of its expert guitar distortions and layered orchestrations—influenced by…

alternative rock: …to make what their bassist, D’Arcy, called “beautiful music that varies” out of many-hued guitar tones that cracked and frazzled. In 1991 Nirvana and producer Butch Vig released “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” from their epochal 1991 album, Nevermind. The sheer immediacy of its expert guitar distortions and layered orchestrations—influenced by…

Wrexham, county borough, northeastern Wales, along the English border. It covers a lowland area in the east, where most of the population lives, and includes the peaks of Esclusham, Ruabon, and Cyrn-y-Brain in the northwest. In the southwest it extends into the Vale of Ceiriog and the surrounding

Wrexham, town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Wrexham county borough, historic county of Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych), northeastern Wales. It is situated along the River Clywedog, about 5 miles (8 km) west of the border with Cheshire, England. Wrexham is an industrial and market hub, the

Mary Wells Lawrence: She cofounded the Wells Rich Greene (WRG) advertising agency, which became noted for its campaigns for Alka Seltzer (“Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz”), the Ford Motor Company (“Quality Is Job One”), and New York City (“I Love [represented by a heart icon] New York”).

World Resources Institute (WRI), research institute established in 1982 to promote environmentally sound and socially equitable development. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The World Resources Institute conducts extensive scientific research and analysis on global environmental and economic

War Resisters’ International (WRI), an international secular pacifist organization with headquarters in London and more than 80 associates in 40 countries. War Resisters’ International (WRI) was founded in 1921. As an antimilitarist organization, it adopted a declaration in its founding year that

Wright brothers, were American inventors and aviation pioneers who achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight (1903). Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, U.S.—May 30, 1912, Dayton, Ohio) and his brother Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, Dayton—January

Kitty Hawk: …at Kill Devil Hills is Wright Brothers National Memorial (1927; see photograph), commemorating the flight there of Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, the first powered airplane flight in the United States (see photograph). The name Kitty Hawk is probably derived from a Native American (Algonquian) name recorded…

David McCullough: …Journey: Americans in Paris (2011), The Wright Brothers (2015), and The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019). The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For (2017) is a collection of McCullough’s speeches.

Wright brothers: Going into business: In November 1909 the Wright Company was incorporated with Wilbur as president, Orville as one of two vice presidents, and a board of trustees that included some of the leaders of American business. The Wright Company established a factory in Dayton and a flying field and flight school at…

stunt flying: …designs, the Wrights engaged professional exhibition pilots, who began performing ever more daring stunts. Eugène Lefebvre was the first engineer and chief pilot of the Wright company in France. (On September 7, 1909, Lefebvre was the first pilot to die in an airplane crash. In the text following, pilots who…

Wright flyer of 1903, first powered airplane to demonstrate sustained flight under the full control of the pilot. Designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio, it was assembled in the autumn of 1903 at a camp at the base of the Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, a village on the

Wright flyer of 1905: …of 1903 and a second model of 1904, but it also incorporated several important improvements. First, it was powered by the same four-cylinder engine that had propelled the 1904 flyer, but constant operation had smoothed the pistons and cylinder walls, so that by the end of the 1905 flying season…

Wright flyer of 1905, third powered airplane designed, built, and flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright. It represented the final step in their quest for a practical airplane capable of staying aloft for extended periods of time under the complete control of the pilot. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929

stunt flying: …Wrights trained an exhibition team—the Wright Flyers—whose first outing was in June 1910, the stars of the team being Walter Brookins, Arch Hoxsey (died 1910), and Ralph Johnstone (died 1910). Brookins was famous for his spiral dives and steep turns employing 90 degrees of bank (i.e., with wings perpendicular to…

Wright glider of 1902, biplane glider designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio, during the late summer of 1902. Tested during the autumn of 1902 and again in 1903 at the Kill Devil Hills, four miles south of the village of Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the

Wright military flyer of 1909, airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and sold to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in July 1909. It was the world’s first military airplane. For the Wright brothers, it represented a first step in their efforts to produce marketable aircraft incorporating the

Joseph Wright was an English painter who was a pioneer in the artistic treatment of industrial subjects. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day. Wright was trained as a portrait painter by Thomas Hudson in the 1750s. Wright’s home was Derby, one of the great centres of

Dayton: …of Dayton (Roman Catholic; 1850), Wright State University (1967), the United Theological Seminary (United Methodist; 1871), Sinclair Community College (1887), and Miami-Jacobs (junior) Career College (1860). Dayton has an art institute, a museum of natural history, and a symphony orchestra. The Dayton home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) is…

Antarctica: Glaciation: …spectacular “dry valleys” as the Wright, Taylor, and Victoria valleys near McMurdo Sound. Doubt has been shed on the common belief that Antarctic ice has continuously persisted since its origin by the discovery reported in 1983 of Cenozoic marine diatoms—believed to date from the Pliocene Epoch (about 5.3 million to…

Charles Lanier Lawrance: …the engine later named the Wright Whirlwind by the Curtiss-Wright Company, of which he was chief of engineering. The Whirlwind, air-cooled with the aid of cooling fins on the cylinder heads, was improved in a succession of models for the U.S. Army and Navy and general aviation. By the mid-1920s…

Columbia, borough (town), Lancaster county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies along the Susquehanna River, 12 miles (19 km) west of Lancaster. The site was settled (1726) by John Wright, a Quaker missionary to the Native Americans, who bought land and became a ferryman and judge. Known as

blood: Laboratory examination of blood: …with a special blood stain (Wright stain), and examined under the microscope. Individual red cells, white cells, and platelets are examined, and the relative proportions of the several classes of white cells are tabulated. The results may have important diagnostic implications. In iron-deficiency anemia, for example, the red cells look…

Willie Pep: …featherweight championship by beating American Albert (“Chalky”) Wright in a 15-round decision on Nov. 20, 1942. After defending this title with a 15-round decision over American Sal Bartolo on June 8, 1943, Pep served in the U.S. Army and then the U.S. Navy before being honourably discharged in 1945. His…

Archie Moore was an American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion from Dec. 17, 1952, when he defeated Joey Maxim in 15 rounds in St. Louis, Mo., until 1962, when he lost recognition as champion for failing to meet Harold Johnson, the leading 175-lb (80-kg) challenger. A professional boxer from

Benjamin Wright was an American engineer who directed the construction of the Erie Canal. Because he trained so many engineers on that project, Wright has been called the “father of American engineering.” He was trained as a surveyor in his youth, and, after his family moved to the vicinity of

Willie Pep: …featherweight championship by beating American Albert (“Chalky”) Wright in a 15-round decision on Nov. 20, 1942. After defending this title with a 15-round decision over American Sal Bartolo on June 8, 1943, Pep served in the U.S. Army and then the U.S. Navy before being honourably discharged in 1945. His…

Charles Wright is an American poet known for his lyricism and use of lush imagery in his poems about nature, life and death, and God. He served as U.S. poet laureate from 2014 to 2015. Wright attended Davidson College (B.A., 1957) in North Carolina, where he studied history. From 1957 to 1961 he

realism: Modest objective truth: …especially by the English philosopher Crispin Wright.

Simon Pegg: …series, and collaborations with director Edgar Wright on the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World’s End (2013).

Dr. Dre: …Wit Attitudes) with fellow rappers Eazy-E and Ice Cube. The group’s second album, Straight Outta Compton (1988), was a breakthrough for the nascent gangsta rap movement, featuring explicit descriptions (and often glorifications) of street violence and drug dealing. While Dre appeared prominently as a rapper in N.W.A, his most-lauded role…

sociology: Social stratification: For example, Eric Olin Wright, in Classes (1985), introduced a 12-class scheme of occupational stratification based on ownership, supervisory control of work, and monopolistic knowledge. Wright’s book, an attack on the individualistic bias of attainment theory written from a Marxist perspective, drew on the traits of these…

Erykah Badu is an American rhythm-and-blues singer whose neo-soul vocals elicited comparisons to jazz legend Billie Holiday. Badu is the eldest of three children. Although she was never formally trained in music, she majored in dance and theatre at Grambling State University in Louisiana after

Little Anthony and the Imperials: ), Ernest Wright, Jr. (b. Aug. 24, 1941, Brooklyn), Tracy Lord, and Nat Rogers (byname of Glouster Rogers).

Frances Wright was a Scottish-born American social reformer whose revolutionary views on religion, education, marriage, birth control, and other matters made her both a popular author and lecturer and a target of vilification. Wright was the daughter of a well-to-do Scottish merchant and political

Dixiecrat: Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi for vice president. The Dixiecrats, who opposed federal regulations they considered to interfere with states’ rights, carried South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, to receive 39 electoral votes; their popular vote totalled over 1,000,000.

Frances Wright was a Scottish-born American social reformer whose revolutionary views on religion, education, marriage, birth control, and other matters made her both a popular author and lecturer and a target of vilification. Wright was the daughter of a well-to-do Scottish merchant and political

Green Day: May 4, 1972, Berkeley), and Tré Cool (byname of Frank Edwin Wright III, b. December 9, 1972, Willits, California). Other members have included Al Sobrante (byname of John Kiffmeyer).

Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect and writer, an abundantly creative master of American architecture. His “Prairie style” became the basis of 20th-century residential design in the United States. Wright’s mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones, was a schoolteacher, aged 24, when she married a widower, William

Ozark Mountains: …industries, was given impetus by Harold Bell Wright’s novel The Shepherd of the Hills (1907), which romanticized the Missouri Ozarks. Other economic assets include timber (mainly hardwoods), agriculture (livestock, fruit, and truck farming), and lead and zinc mining.

James Wright was an American poet of the postmodern era who wrote about sorrow, salvation, and self-revelation, often drawing on his native Ohio River valley for images of nature and industry. In 1972 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Collected Poems (1971). After serving in the U.S. Army in World War

James Wright was an American poet of the postmodern era who wrote about sorrow, salvation, and self-revelation, often drawing on his native Ohio River valley for images of nature and industry. In 1972 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Collected Poems (1971). After serving in the U.S. Army in World War

James C. Wright, Jr. was an American politician and legislator who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and began representing Texas the following year. He became speaker of the House in 1987 but had to resign from office in 1989 because of charges of financial

James C. Wright, Jr. was an American politician and legislator who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and began representing Texas the following year. He became speaker of the House in 1987 but had to resign from office in 1989 because of charges of financial

Angels in America: Legacy: …Rosenberg, Justin Kirk as Walter, Jeffrey Wright as Belize, and Mary-Louise Parker as Harper. As in the play, the actors who portray the main characters each also perform several minor characters. The miniseries received 21 Emmy nominations and 11 wins, including for the performances of Pacino, Streep, Parker, and Wright.

James C. Wright, Jr. was an American politician and legislator who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and began representing Texas the following year. He became speaker of the House in 1987 but had to resign from office in 1989 because of charges of financial

Columbia: …site was settled (1726) by John Wright, a Quaker missionary to the Native Americans, who bought land and became a ferryman and judge. Known as Wright’s Ferry, the town was laid out in 1788 by Wright’s grandson, Samuel, and was named Columbia shortly thereafter. It was one of the places…

Gunpowder Plot: Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Guy Fawkes—were zealous Roman Catholics angered by James’s refusal to grant more religious toleration to Catholics. They apparently hoped that the confusion that would follow the murder of the king, his ministers, and the members of Parliament would provide an opportunity for…

Joseph Wright was an English painter who was a pioneer in the artistic treatment of industrial subjects. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day. Wright was trained as a portrait painter by Thomas Hudson in the 1750s. Wright’s home was Derby, one of the great centres of

Judith Wright was an Australian poet whose verse, thoroughly modern in idiom, is noted for its skillful technique. After completing her education at the University of Sydney, Wright worked in an advertising agency and as a secretary at the University of Queensland, where she helped publish Meanjin,

Judith Wright was an Australian poet whose verse, thoroughly modern in idiom, is noted for its skillful technique. After completing her education at the University of Sydney, Wright worked in an advertising agency and as a secretary at the University of Queensland, where she helped publish Meanjin,

philosophy of biology: Teleology: …American philosophers Robert Cummins and Larry Wright, respectively.

Laura Maria Sheldon Wright was an American missionary who devoted her energies unstintingly to the education and welfare of the Seneca people, honouring their culture while assisting in their adjustment to reservation life. Laura Sheldon played as a child with local Native American children, among

Letitia Wright is a Guyanese-British actress who gained fame for playing Shuri, the younger sister of T’Challa (Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther (2018). Immediately popular, the movie introduced her to a large mainstream audience. Wright

Letitia Wright is a Guyanese-British actress who gained fame for playing Shuri, the younger sister of T’Challa (Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther (2018). Immediately popular, the movie introduced her to a large mainstream audience. Wright

Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell was an archaeologist who, though self-taught, became an internationally recognized authority on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. Lucy Wright was the daughter of a missionary to the Nestorian Christians in Persia. In 1860 she was taken to the United States, and a short

Marian Wright Edelman is an American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children’s Defense Fund in 1973. Edelman attended Spelman College in Atlanta (B.A., 1960) and Yale University Law School (LL.B., 1963). After work registering African American voters in Mississippi, she moved to

Mickey Wright was an American golfer who is widely considered the sport’s greatest female competitor, known for her record-setting play in the 1950s and ’60s. Wright had begun playing golf by age 12. In 1952 she won the U.S. Golfing Association junior girls’ championship. She attended Stanford

May Eliza Wright Sewall was an American educator and reformer, best remembered for her work in connection with woman suffrage and with women’s organizations worldwide. Sewall graduated in 1866 from Northwestern Female College (later absorbed by Northwestern University), in Evanston, Illinois. She