Julia de Burgos (1914 – 1953), Puerto Rican woman of letters and civil rights activist, is one of the great poetesses of Puerto Rico and South America. And my childhood was a poem in the river Daughter of Paula García de Burgos and Francisco Burgos Hans, Julia Constanza Burgos García was born on
Eleanor of Aquitaine (circa 1122 – 1204) is alternately queen of France, then of England. It plays an important political role in the West, especially with regard to relations between the two countries. Queen of France Eleanor of Aquitaine is the daughter of Guillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine and Aé
Japanese mountaineer, Junko Tabei (1939 – 2016) became the first woman to climb Everest in 1975. Ladies Climbing Club Junko Tabei was born on September 22, 1939 in Fukushima Prefecture. At ten years old, his teacher took him on an excursion to the summit of Mount Nasu and this expedition made a s
Gnaeus Pompey Politician, consul and leader in ancient Rome, sometimes referred to as Gnaeus Pompey the Great. He was to receive this nickname after in 81 BCE. he defeated the army of the popular people in Africa, and in 79 BCE he triumphed after these victories. In 77 B.C.E. took command in the