Celebrities Born in the Great St. of Massachusetts Quiz

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- Susan B. Anthony (Adams) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. She started her advocacy career as a temperance worker, after teaching children at Canajoharie Academy in central New York for 15 years.

- Dr. Seuss (Springfield) was an American children's author and cartoonist. "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", his first children's book, was rejected 27 times before getting published in 1937. "Green Eggs and Ham" was written on a $50 bet when his publisher challenged him to write a book using 50 words or less.

- Leonard Nimoy (Boston) was an American actor and director, famed for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years. The "Vulcan nerve pinch" concept in Star Trek (1966) was invented by Nimoy when he and the series' writers were trying to figure out how an unarmed Spock could overpower an adversary without resorting to violence.

- Christa McAuliffe (Boston) was an American teacher and astronaut who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist. She was selected from over 11,000 other teacher applicants to be the first civilian in space as part of the Teacher in Space Program.

- Emily Dickinson (Amherst) was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson's poetry is renowned for its unusual use of dashes and capitalization. These quirks add a unique rhythm and emphasis to her work, making her poems instantly recognizable.

- Bette Davis (Lowell) was an American film, television, and theater actress. She was one of two actresses (with Faye Dunaway) to have two villainous roles ranked in the American Film Institute's 100 Years of The Greatest Heroes and Villains. She portrayed Regina Giddens in "The Little Foxes" (1941) at #43 and Baby Jane Hudson in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) at #44.

- Clara Barton (North Oxford) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. When Barton was 11 years old, her brother David fell from a barn roof and injured his head. Although doctors said he would most likely die, Barton was determined to nurse him back to health. She slept on a small cot in David's room and tended him night and day for almost two years! David Barton recovered and served as Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army during the Civil War.

- Edgar Allan Poe (Boston) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. Poe is credited as one of the earliest writers of short stories, the inventor of the modern detective story, and an innovator in the genre of science fiction.

- Buckminster Fuller (Milton) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. The term "Fullerese" was used to describe his unique handling of the English language to describe his technological and psychological concepts. This often included using nouns as transitive verbs ("Technology serves to advantage others.").

- Leonard Bernstein (Lawrence) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Because of his many television appearances, Bernstein became the most popular and famous conductor in the US and one of the most famous in the world. His pioneering New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958) introduced children all over the world to classical music.

- Jack Albertson (Malden) was an American actor, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. In 1976, he became the eighth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar: Best Supporting Actor, The Subject Was Roses (1968). Tony: Best Supporting Actor, "The Subject Was Roses" (1965). Emmy: Best Actor-Comedy Series, Chico and the Man (1974).

- F. Lee Bailey (Waltham) was an American criminal defense attorney. Some of his more famous clients have included Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) (convicted in 1965), Sam Sheppard (acquitted in 1966), Dr. Carl Coppolino (acquitted in 1966), Capt. Ernest Medina (acquitted in 1971), Patricia Hearst (convicted in 1976), and O.J. Simpson (acquitted in 1994).

- Winslow Homer (Boston) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He was sent to the front lines of the American Civil War to sketch battle scenes. He also sketched camp life, illustrating calm moments as well as chaotic and war moments.

- Robert Goddard (Worcester) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. Often hailed as the "Father of Modern Rocketry," he developed a fascination with space exploration which was sparked by reading science fiction novels like Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds."

- E. E. Cummings (Cambridge) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His poems often featured unconventional spacing, capitalization, and punctuation, inviting readers to engage with language in new and imaginative ways. As a painter and illustrator, he collaborated with other artists, blending the boundaries between literature and visual arts.