Resusci Anne is a CPR training manikin used worldwide, with interchangeable airways and removable masks. Some models simulate medical traumas, and full-body manikins allow for practicing moving and positioning bodies during CPR and first aid procedures. The manikin is named after an unknown young woman who drowned in Paris in the late 1800s. Resusci Anne […]
Otto Frank desperately sought help to escape Nazi-occupied Holland, but was unsuccessful in obtaining US or Cuban visas due to tightened regulations. The Frank family went into hiding in 1942 and were eventually sent to concentration camps, where Anne and Margot died. About a year before Anne Frank began writing in her diary in June […]
Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII, was initially considered a naive misfit in the English court. Their marriage was annulled after six months, but Anne survived the dangerous situation and remained in England for the rest of her life. She was able to befriend people, including Lady Mary and Katherine Howard, […]
Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish victim of the Holocaust, wrote a diary called “Kitty” while in hiding in the Netherlands. Her family was arrested in 1944 and she died in a concentration camp. The diary has been published in 67 languages and over 30 million copies have been sold. The original is on display in […]
Dr. Anne LaBastille was a wildlife photographer, ecologist, lecturer, and author who dedicated her life to nature conservation, wildlife protection, ecological study, and wilderness conservation. She is best known for her autobiographical Woodswoman trilogy and has also published children’s books, other non-fiction titles, and scientific papers. She received several awards for her work, including the […]
Anne Bonny, a famous and mysterious pirate of the Caribbean, was born in the late 17th century to a respected solicitor and a maid. Legends of her childhood are speculative, but she married James Bonny against her father’s will and later left him for Calico Jack Rackham. Anne and Mary Read, another female pirate, helped […]
Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of Elizabeth I. She was educated, devout, and attractive. She caught the attention of Henry VIII and refused to become his lover, only agreeing to be his queen. Their marriage soured after she miscarried and he took an interest in Jane Seymour. She was eventually charged […]
Anne Frank was a German Jewish teenager who documented her life in hiding during WWII in her diary. Her family moved to Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution, but were eventually discovered and sent to concentration camps. Anne died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen at age 15. Her diary was saved by Miep Gies and published by […]
Anne Shirley, created by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, first appeared in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. The series includes several more novels and has sold over 50 million copies. Anne is an imaginative orphan who goes to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island. She is known for her […]
