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Harley Earl
Culture; American culture
(1893 – 1969) Industrial designer and head of styling at General Motors (1926–59), Earl was responsible for the general trends in American automobile styling from the 1920s to the ...
Raymond Fernand Loewy
Culture; American culture
(1893 – 1986) French-born industrial designer of America’s modern style, emphasizing streamlined flow and legibility Thomas Hine characterized him as an engineer “of the emotions, ...
James Thurber
Culture; American culture
(1894 – 1961) Poet, cartoonist, playwright and essayist, Thurber’s wry humor explored alternative relations of gender in which men sought less to dominate than to escape from ...
E.Franklin Frazier
Culture; American culture
(1894 – 1962) African American sociologist who made important contributions to understanding black experience. Frazier generally used an assimilation model, arguing that Africans ...
John Ford
Culture; American culture
(1894 – 1973) Known as the foremost director of westerns in Hollywood history none of Ford’s six Academy Awards for direction were for westerns. Renowned worldwide as one of ...
George Meany
Culture; American culture
(1894 – 1980) President of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979, George Meany was the most powerful labor leader at a time when labor unions had considerable influence in American ...
Martha Graham
Culture; American culture
(1894 – 1991) Dramatic doyenne of American modern dance. As both dancer and choreographer, Graham incorporated American cultural themes and classical dramas into her repertoire, ...
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