Edith Head (1897 - 1981), Hollywood's best known and most successful costume designer. She won eight Academy Awards and numerous Oscar nominations. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Edith Head is ...
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. The role of first lady couldn’t be stranger. You attain the position almost by accident, ...
Edith Hamilton was 7 when her father, a Fort Wayne, Ind., wholesale grocer, introduced her to the study of Latin. Edith’s parents were disenchanted with their mid-19th-century public schools, ...