As a young opera star, Shimozumi encountered frequent incredulity at her unaccented English from those who assumed she a Japanese national. During World War II she was sent to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center solely because of her Japanese ancestry.
James Cook and Kate Graham first discovered the fossil deposits later to become known as Agate Fossil Beds.
Civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman.
Katharine Lee Bates was a professor and writer best remembered as the author of the lyrics to the song “America the Beautiful.” She shared a home for almost three decades with her companion, fellow academic and social reformer Katharine Coman.
Civil rights icon and African American contralto, who had a ground-breaking career in classical music from the mid-1920s through the late 1950s.
1800s French singer
1700s Italian singer
1800s English composer
Musician and writer
Italian opera singer and composer