President Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to her son. As the first
Marie Curie was a world-renowned scientist who made many importantdiscoveries, as well as a great teacher and a mother, but heraccomplishments didn't come easily.Born Maria Sklodovska in 1867, Marie
Julius Caesar was born in Rome in the year 100 b.c. to a well-known family that supposedly traced its ancestry to the Greek goddess Venus. Although Caesar grew up to be one of the world's most famous
Diana Spencer grew up to be the princess of Wales. But when she was a little girl, she did not dream she would become a princess. When she was still quite young, her older sisters went off to boardin
