Naomi Blumberg
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
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Naomi Blumberg was Assistant Editor, Arts and Culture for Encyclopaedia Britannica. She covered topics related to art history, architecture, theatre, dance, literature, and music.
Before becoming an editor at Britannica, she worked as a curator and exhibition developer in art and history museums in Boston and Chicago. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College in art history and an M.A. from Tufts University in art history and museum studies.
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Misty Copeland American ballet dancer who, in 2015, became the first African American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Misty Copeland and her siblings grew up with a single mother whose several failed marriages resulted in financial instability. When young, Copeland…
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