American golf player and tennis champion, Althea Gibson (1927 – 2003) was the first black player to win a Grand Slam tournament, twelve years before Arthur Ashe. To reach the top in the midst of racial segregation, she must confront racism, sexism and prejudice. A sporty childhood Daughter of Ann
American astrophysicist, Margaret J. Geller (b. 1947) has done extensive work mapping galaxy clusters and the distribution of dark matter in the Universe. In 1989, she discovered the Great Wall. In 2017, you voted for her for the NobElle physics prize! Beginnings of a career as an astrophysicist D
Jose Faustino Sánchez Carrion , ideologue of independence. Son of Agustín Sánchez Carrión and Teresa Rodríguez. He was born in Huamachuco, into a mining family, on February 19, 1787. He began his studies at the Trujillo seminary (1802) and then moved to Lima to continue them at the San Carlos Convic
Born in California in 1913, Richard Nixon trained as a lawyer before serving in the Navy. He was successively a member of the House of Representatives, a senator (Republican), then became known at the national level thanks to his anti-communist commitment. Appointed vice-president in 1952, he failed