Eleanora Fagan, known as Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) is an American artist considered to be one of the greatest jazz singers in the world. [Warning:rape] A childhood marked by violence Eleanora Fagan was born in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915, to two teenage parents:Sarah Julia Sadie Fagan, her
Among the Latin historians of antiquity, Tacitus is probably one of the most famous. However, his life is little known, apart from what he gave us of himself in his works and correspondence. Tacitus exercised relatively important functions in the Empire, until becoming a senator. He is thus in line
Elżbieta Łokietkówna Elżbieta Łokietkówna Queen of Hungary and regent of Poland from the Piast dynasty. She was the daughter of Władysław Łokietek and Jadwiga Kaliska. She was born as the first child of this couple conceived after the prince returned from exile. She grew up under the supervisi
Phillis Wheatley or Phyllis Wheatley (1753 – 1784) was the first published black American poet. His work Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral earned him significant fame as far away as England. An educated slave Phillis early childhood is poorly known. Born in West Africa, probably in Se