Full Definition of SOCIAL STUDIES. : a part of a school or college curriculum concerned with the study of social relationships and the functioning of society and usually made up of courses in history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography, and anthropology.
Regina Marie Calcaterra was born in New York on November 9, 1966. Her birth certificate identifies her mother as Camille Diane Calcaterra. No father is identified on the birth certificate. However, Regina Calcaterra believes that John Manfra is her biological father.2 Manfra now lives in Whatcom County, Washington.
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940, in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was the 20th child of 22. Her parents were hardworking, but very poor. Her father, Ed, worked as a railroad porter and handyman while her mother, Blanche, cooked and cleaned for wealthy white families.