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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
Civil Rights Activist / 1820 - 1913
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman
General / 1820 - 1891
William Tecumseh Sherman was a U.S. Civil War Union Army leader known for "Sherman's March," in which he and his troops laid waste to the South.
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Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale
Nurse / 1820 - 1910
Florence Nightingale, a nurse, spent her night rounds giving personal care to the wounded, establishing her image as the 'Lady with the Lamp.'
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Susan B. Anthony
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Susan B. Anthony
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Publisher, Journalist / 1820 - 1906
Susan B. Anthony was a prominent American civil rights activist and leader during the women's suffrage movement of the 1800s.
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Mary Surratt
Mary Surratt
Criminal / 1820 - 1865
Mary Surratt operated a boardinghouse where it is believed John Wilkes Booth planned the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. She was tried and executed.
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Nadar
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Nadar
Photographer / 1820 - 1910
French artist Nadar was a caricaturist and photographer who became famous for his portrait studio and the images snapped from his giant hot air balloon.
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