Author for children Ellen Raskin

Ellen Raskin

Living place: Milwaukee

Birthday: 13-3-1928 (96 years old)

Population of US 1928: 120,509,000

Global rank: #33401

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Who is Author for children Ellen Raskin?
Award-winning American young book author and illustrator, who is best known for her novel The Westing Game, published in 1978. She illustrated on 28 books between 1956 and 2005. 1970.
She won two Newberry Medals, one in 1975 for Figgs and Phantom and one in 1979 for The Westing game.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She grew up during the Great Depression and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Family life info

She married Dennis Flanagan, editor of Scientific American, in 1965.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Ellen Raskin?
Among the books included she designed is the original cover of Madeline L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time.

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When was Author for children Ellen Raskin born?
Ellen Raskin birthday 13-3-1928 (at the age of 96).
Where is Author for children Ellen Raskin's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Ellen Raskin's global rank is 33401 and whose rank is 93 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1928 is about 120,509,000 persons.
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Events in 1928 and 13-3

Events in US in the birth year of Ellen Raskin

  • The Jones-White Merchant Marine Act passed by Congress (May 22) provides funds to help make the U.S. commercial shipping industry more competitive in the world.
  • Former Chicago city council member Oscar DePriest is elected to the 71st U.S. Congress (Nov. 6). He is the first black Representative to be elected in a northern state.
  • U.S. voters elect Herbert Hoover president (Nov. 6) over Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York.

Birthday Ellen Raskin (13-3) in history

  • Day 13-3 year 1639: Cambridge College is officially renamed Harvard University.
  • Day 13-3 year 1781: British-German astronomer, Sir William Herschel, discovered Uranus.
  • Day 13-3 year 1852: "Uncle Sam" cartoon appeared for the first time in N.Y. Lantern weekly.
  • Day 13-3 year 1868: The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
  • Day 13-3 year 1906: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
  • Day 13-3 year 1925: Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools.
  • Day 13-3 year 1930: Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.
  • Day 13-3 year 1972: Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
  • Day 13-3 year 1996: A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot himself.
  • Day 13-3 year 2012: The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.
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