The Scope This is where you get your height from.

The Huffington Post Ever wonder how much of your height you inherited from your parents?

The Scope Here's how you inherited your height.

MSN Regardless of their height or the sport they're playing, these Olympians are bound to make America proud!

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The Economist Our #EconEspresso quote of the day is from Madame de Staël. Click on the quote to get the app

The Economist Our #EconEspresso quote of the day is from Queen Christina of Sweden. Click on the quote to get the app

Health.com Your height can have a direct impact on how long your pregnancy lasts.

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TheRoot.com #RootDisruptor: Dorothy Height While the name Dorothy Height is recognizable, many of her accomplishments are not. Height, who died recently in 2010 at the age of 98, was a social rights activist, administrator, and educator. After earning her bache Read more ... lor’s and master’s degrees at New York University, Height later became active in fighting for social injustices. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Also during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Height organized “Wednesdays in Mississippi,” which brought together black and white women from the North and South to engage in dialogue about relevant social issues. Dorothy Height is quoted as saying “I want to be remembered as someone who used herself and anything she could touch to work for justice and freedom…I want to be remembered as one who tried,” a motto she lived by until her death.