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Biography; Genealogy * - Dewey 920


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Philosophers and psychologists * (921) Religious leaders, thinkers, workers * (922)


U. S. Presidents * Global heads of state * (923.1)
Persons in United States political science * (923.2)

statesmen, politicians, legislators, governors
Global politicians *
Public administrators and military persons * Criminals, persons in law, challengers of the law *
Social reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians * (923.6) Educators * (Dewey 923.7)
Persons in journalism, commerce, communication, transportation * (Dewey 923.8) Explorers, geographers, pioneers, frontiersmen * (Dewey 923.9)
Inventors * (Dewey 925.0) Astronomers * (Dewey 925.0)
Persons in technology and medicine * (Dewey 926) Person in the Arts * (Dewey 927)
Persons in sports and recreation * (Dewey 927) Persons in literature, history, biography, genealogy * (Dewey 928)


Biography, genealogy, insignia - Dewey 920




Philosophers and psychologists (921)



Religious leaders, Thinkers, Workers (922)



Persons in social sciences (923)


Presidents of the United States (923.1)




Global Heads of State (923.1)


Persons in Political Science [statesmen, politicians, legislators, governors] (923.2)


Criminals, persons in law, challenging the law (923.4)




Public administrators and military persons (923.5)



Social Reformers, Philanthropists, Humanitarians (923.6)

Educators (923.7)

Persons in journalism, commerce, communication, transportation (923.8)





Explorers, geographers, pioneers, frontiersmen (923.9)

Philologists and lexicographers (924)




Scientists (925)













Persons in Technology and Medicine (926)




Persons in the Arts, Recreation, and Sports (927)




    Artists, sculptors
    • Artists' biographies
    Athletes (927)

    • Florence Chadwick * - American swimmer
    • Gertrude Ederle * (1906-?) - In 1926, the first American woman to swim the English Channel
    • Nadia Comaneci * (1961-?) - Romanian gymnast
    • Althea Gibson * (1927-?) - American tennis player
    • Sonja Henie * (1912-1969) - Norwegian figure skater
    • Florence Griffith Joyner * (1959-1998) - American track athlete (FloJo)
    • Jackie Joyner-Kersee * (1962-?) - American track and field athlete
    • Billie Jean King * (1943-?) - American tennis player
    • Olga Korbut * (1956-?) - Soviet gymnast
    • Nancy Lopez * (1957-?) - American golfer
    • Joe Louis * knocks out James J. Braddock on June 22, 1937. [ Quotes * ]
    • Martina Navratilova * (1956-?) - Czech-American tennis player
    • Jackie Robinson * breaks the color barrier in baseball on April 11, 1947 when Branch Rickey * signed him to join the Brooklyn Dodgers.
    • Katarina Witt * (1965-?) German figure skater
    • Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias
    Performing arts

    • Dorothy Dandridge (1922 - 1965) - actress, dancer, singer and first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for Carmen Jones (1954). [see 1999 film - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. (115 minutes) Director: Martha Coolidge. Cast: Halle Berry, Brent Spinter, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, Klaus Maria Brandauer, William Atherton.


Persons in literature, history, biography, genealogy (928)


  • Louisa May Alcott * (1832-1888) and home * at the Wayside Inn
  • Ann Bradstreet (1612-1672)
  • Pearl S. Buck * (1892-1973)
  • Emily Dickinson * (1830-1886) - poetess
  • Harriet Jacobs * (1813-1897)
  • Mary Rowlandson (1635-1678)
  • Adam Smith publishes the Wealth of Nations * in 1776.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe published "Uncle Tom's Cabin" * (1852)(see: 973.642)
  • Phillis Wheatley * (1753-1784)
    Authors

    • Jan Brett * - author and illustrator
    • Beverly Cleary * - author


Genealogy, Names, Insignia (929)

  • Cemetery records - epitaphs (929.5)


  • Forms of insignia and identification (motor vehicle registration, license plates) (929.9)

    • Flags and Banners (national, state, ship) (929.92)

      • United States heraldry
        • 1782 - Great Seal * of the United States
        • Flag trivia * identification online quiz
        • Great Seal of: Alaska * - -Arizona * - - Delaware * - - Georgia * - - Hawaii * - - Idaho * - - Illinois * - - Iowa * - - Kansas * - - Kentucky * - - Maine * [image *] - - Missouri * - - New Hampshire * - - New Jersey * - - New Mexico * - - Oklahoma * - - Oregon * - - Rhode Island * - - South Carolina - seal *; symbols * - - South Dakota * - - Texas * - - Vermont *
        • Coats of arms * of famous Americans
      • Flags for signaling * (International Code of Signals)
      • Revolutionary Flags *
      • Flags of the world *
      • Flags and * maps of the world (alphabetically *) [North America * | South America * | Africa * | Europe * | Asia * | Australia *


      • Nordic * flags through the ages [Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland]



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