Mount Holyoke College was the first college to offer women the same kind of education as was offered to men.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

He was on his way to Pakistan. He was arrested as the plane was about to leave the gate.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay taxes or give as holy offerings to the gods.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

And he did not stop there. His desire to increase understanding among people took him to other countries as well.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

"I will take the children on an outing as well. I will take them to the zoo or to the park.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

I could see a thousand stars. As I stood there I turned my eyes to a large red star.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

As the students learn, they think about the kind of medical skills they will need to work as doctors.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

He landed in California. He left a hole so deep that to this day it is known as Death Valley.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

After his father died in eighteen forty-seven, young Samuel went to work as an assistant to a publisher.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

The Goldwyn Company then joined with Metro Pictures and Louis B.Mayer Productions to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, known as MGM.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

But as early as the middle seventeen hundreds, Cape May began to be known as a place to visit in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

"Do not doubt my power. I am ready to make this cheek as perfect as its pair."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

His name is Woody Guthrie. He is singing a song about men who look for work as they travel from town to town.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

You maneuver yourself around the classroom and enable the children to learn as opposed to telling them."

VOA: special.2011.03.10