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Hubert Humphrey. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota before earning his pharmacist license from the Capitol College of Pharmacy in 1931.

Hubert Humphrey

He helped run his father's pharmacy until 1937 when he returned to academia, graduating with his masters from Louisiana State University in 1940, where he was a political science instructor. He returned to Minnesota during WWII and became a supervisor for the Works Progress Administration. He was then appointed state director of the Minnesota war service program before becoming the assistant director of the War Manpower Commission. In 1943, Humphrey became a Professor of political science at Macalester College and ran a failed campaign for Mayor of Minneapolis. Humphrey helped found the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) in 1944, and in 1945, became the DFL candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis for a second time, winning with 61% of the vote.

Early years[edit] Humphrey working as a pharmacist in his father's pharmacy. Eleanor Roosevelt. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884. október 11. – 1962. november 7.) az Egyesült Államok First Ladyje 1933-tól 1945-ig.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Támogatta férje, Franklin D. Roosevelt kormányzati politikáját, a New Dealt, és a emberi jogok szószólója lett. Miután férje 1945-ben meghalt, Eleanor megmaradt szónoknak és politikusnak, és továbbra is támogatta a New Deal-koalíciót. Dolgozott a nők egyenjogúságáért. Eleanor társalapítója volt a Freedom House nevű szervezetnek, és támogatta az ENSZ megalapítását. Élete[szerkesztés | forrásszöveg szerkesztése] Magyar postabélyeg Eleanor képével Eleanor Franklinnel Eleanor Roosevelt New Yorkban született, Elliott Roosevelt és Anna Hall Roosevelt lányaként. Két testvére volt, Elliott Roosevelt Jr. (1889–1893) és Hall Roosevelt (1891–1941). 1902-ben találkozott a Harvardon hallgató Franklin D. Források[szerkesztés | forrásszöveg szerkesztése] Fordítás[szerkesztés | forrásszöveg szerkesztése]

Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. He remains among the linchpins of the American romantic movement,[3] and his work has greatly influenced the thinkers, writers and poets that have followed him. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man. "[4] Emerson is also well known as a mentor and friend of fellow Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.[5] Early life, family, and education[edit] Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 25, 1803,[6] son of Ruth Haskins and the Rev. In 1826, faced with poor health, Emerson went to seek out warmer climates. While in St. Kurt Vonnegut. Andrew Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie (/kɑrˈneɪɡi/ kar-NAY-gee, but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨɡi/ KAR-nə-gee or /kɑrˈnɛɡi/ kar-NEG-ee;[2] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.

Andrew Carnegie

He was also one of the highest profile philanthropists of his era and had given away almost 90 percent – amounting to, in 1919, $350 million[3] (in 2014, $4.76 billion) – of his fortune to charities and foundations by the time of his death. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States with his very poor parents in 1848. Carnegie started as a telegrapher and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges and oil derricks.

Biography Early life Railroads Carnegie age 16, with brother Thomas 1860–1865: The Civil War.