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General Eisenhower

General Eisenhower

General Eisenhower Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower “This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and...
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball One of America’s most beloved comedians, Lucille Ball is particularly known for her iconic television show ‘I Love Lucy.’ Lucille Ball got her start as a singer, model and film star before becoming one of America’s top comedic actresses with the 1950s TV...
Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York, into a family of dancers. Her father, Eduardo Cansino Reina, was a dancer as was his father before him. He emigrated from Spain in 1913. Rita’s American mother,...
Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Betty Grable Betty Grable was well known for her beauty and was widely popular in the 1940’s as a pin-up girl. Although she was not the first pin-up girl (that was Dorothy Lamour), Grable’s popularity soon overtook Lamour’s, especially with her famous 1943 image (the...