She also started a hospital for women and children and built a medical school to train women doctors.ANNOUNCER:Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about the first western woman in modern times to become a doctor...
The comedian performed in movies, on television and for American troops around the world.VOICE ONE:I'm Phoebe Zimmermann.VOICE TWO:And I'm Dick Rael with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell the story of Bob Hope. He was one of the world's most famous comedians. His life...
She was often on the list of the ten most important and admired women in the world.VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Gwen Outen with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a woman who became famous for her activities in government, the media and the arts. She was a m...
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made nine movies together that people still enjoy today.ANNOUNCER:PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a VOA Special English program about famous Americans of the past. Today, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell the story of dancer and movie star, Fred Astaire.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Fred Asta...
William Randolph Hearst, 1863-1951: He Created What Was Once the Nation's Largest Newspaper Organization. And he created a kind of newspaper reporting known today as "yellow journalism."ANNOUNCER:William Randolph HearstWelcome to the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today,Steve Ember a...
Many critics believe "The Age of Innocence" is her best novel.VOICE ONE:I'm Phoebe Zimmermann.VOICE TWO:And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about writer E...
She showed great strength during a very tense period in American history.VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Lady Bird Johnson. She is best known for being the wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson who led ...
His smooth voice and musical style were popular with both blacks and whites.VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about bl...
She opened the first independent school for the higher education of women.ANNOUNCER:Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. Every week at this time, we tell the story of someone important in the history of the United States. Today, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith tell about Mary Lyon. ...
Critics said she raised the American popular song to the level of art.ANNOUNCER:Now, the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. She was known as America's first lady of song.(MUSIC: "How High The Moon")VOIC...
He planted large numbers of apple trees in what was the American wilderness two hundred years ago.VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Today we tell about a man known as Johnny Appleseed. Many people considered him a hero.(...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWAnd I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Jane Jacobs. She was an activist for improving cities.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Jane JacobsJane Jacobs was an activist, writer, moral thinker and economist. She believed cities should b...
VOICE ONE:I'm Phoebe Zimmermann.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Today we tell about an unusual man who had many abilities. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:R. Buckminster FullerBuilding designer. Engineer. Inventor. Thinker. Poet. Not five people. Just one: Ric...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about James Brown, the musician called "The Godfather of Soul." (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:James BrownThat was James Brown singing his famous hit song from nineteen sixty-five, "I Got You (I ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO:Madame C.J. WalkerAnd I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week, we tell the story of someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about Madam C. J. Walker. She was a businesswoman, the fi...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about W.E.B. Du Bois. He was an African-American writer, teacher and protest leader.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois fought f...
ANNOUNCER: People America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today, Steve Ember and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about scientist Rachel Carson. Her work started the environmental protection movement in the United States. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Rachel CarsonRachel Carson was born on May twenty-...
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about and play music by songwriter Jerome Kern. He was the man who helped invent the modern musical play.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Jerome KernJerome Kern is often called the father of Ameri...
ANNOUNCER:People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about reporter Ida Minerva Tarbell. Ida Tarbell was one of the most successful magaz...
VOICE ONE:I'm Mary Tillotson.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Billy Wilder. He was the director of some of the greatest American movies.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies...
