Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities Her most influential book was The Death and Life of Great American Cities. VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Specia...
Remembering Five Special People Who Died This Year Hear about the lives of Robert Altman, Ann Richards, R.W. Apple, William Styron and Ruth Brown. VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special Engl...
Lrving Berlin, 1888-1989: He Wrote Songs that Made America Sing White Christmas and God Bless America were two of the most popular songs in the U.S. VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program...
Doctor Seuss, 1904-1991: People of all Ages Love his Books for Children Among his popular books are The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. ANNOUNCER: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of...
Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962: America's Most Famous Sex Symbol The beautiful movie star had an exciting but tragic life. VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today we te...
Henry Ford Made the Automobile Industry an Important Part of the Nation's Economy Ford's Model T was the last of the early cars in the brave, new world of automobile development. ANNOUNCER: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice...
Henry Ford Created the Ford Motor Company, and Revolutionized the Automobile Industry Others made cars; he made better cars. ANNOUNCER: PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English on the VOICE of America. Every week at this time, we tell the st...
Stephen Foster, 1826-1864: America's First Popular Songwriter He wrote more than two hundred songs during the eighteen forties and eighteen fifties. VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program...
Crazy Horse was Chief of the Lakota Indians, a Warrior and a Holy Man He tried to protect his people's way of living. VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we t...
Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003: An Independent and Intelligent Actress She has been called the greatest American actress of all time. VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we t...
