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Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Writer / 1927 - 2006
Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of 1960s civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Anti-War Activist, Artist, Singer / 1933 -
Yoko Ono is a multimedia artist who became known worldwide in the 1960s when she married Beatles front man John Lennon.
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Jane Addams
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- Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Women's Rights Activists
Jane Addams
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Philanthropist / 1860 - 1935
Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Joan Baez
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- Folk Singers and Folk Revolutionaries
- Woodstock Performers
- Famous Capricorns
Joan Baez
Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Guitarist, Singer / 1941 -
Joan Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist who is best known for her distinctive voice and for her role in popularizing the music of Bob Dylan.
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Dorothy Day
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- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous Antiwar Activists
Dorothy Day
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Religious Leader, Editor, Journalist / 1897 - 1980
Dorothy Day was an activist who worked for such social causes as pacifism and women’s suffrage through the prism of the Catholic Church.
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Mary Travers
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- Folk Singers and Folk Revolutionaries
- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Antiwar Activists
Mary Travers
Anti-War Activist, Singer / 1936 - 2009
Mary Travers was a member of the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary.
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