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Famous People Born in 1797
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Sojourner Truth
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- Famous Black Activists
- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous Suffragettes
Sojourner Truth
Women's Rights Activist / 1797 - 1883
Sojourner Truth is best-known for her extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851. -
Mary Lyon
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- Groundbreaking Women
- Famous Academics
- Famous Teachers
Mary Lyon
Educator, Women's Rights Activist / 1797 - 1849
Mary Lyon was an educator and founder of the first women’s college, which is now known as Mount Holyoke College.
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Franz Schubert
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Teachers
- Famous Aquarians
Franz Schubert
Educator, Songwriter / 1797 - 1828
Franz Schubert is considered the last of the Classical composers and one of the first Romantic ones. Schubert’s music is notable for its melody and harmony.
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Mary Shelley
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- Fright Writers
- Famous Virgoans
- Famous People Named Mary
Mary Shelley
Author / 1797 - 1851
Mary Shelley was a British writer who penned the famous tale Frankenstein in 1818.
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Joseph Henry
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Physicists
- Famous People Named Joseph
Joseph Henry
Physicist / 1797 - 1878
Physicist Joseph Henry aided Samuel F.B. Morse in developing the telegraph. He also discovered several important principles of electricity.
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John Bell
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- Famous Aquarians
- Famous People Named John
- Famous People Named Bell
John Bell
U.S. Representative / 1797 - 1869
John Bell was elected Tennessee senator in 1847, serving in the Senate until 1859. He was also a U.S. presidential nominee on the eve of the American Civil War.
profile name: Sojourner Truth profile occupation: Women's Rights Activist
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profile name: Franz Schubert profile occupation: Educator, Songwriter
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profile name: Mary Shelley profile occupation: Author
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profile name: Mary Lyon profile occupation: Educator, Women's Rights Activist
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profile name: Joseph Henry profile occupation: Physicist
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profile name: John Bell profile occupation: U.S. Representative
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