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George Patton
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George Patton
General / 1885 - 1945
General George Patton led the Third Army in a very successful sweep across France during World War II in 1944. He was skilled at tank warfare.
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Ezra Pound
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Ezra Pound
Journalist, Poet / 1885 - 1972
Poet Ezra Pond authored more than 70 books and promoted many other now-famous writers, including James Joyce and T.S. Eliot.
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Alice Paul
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Alice Paul
Women's Rights Activist / 1885 - 1977
Suffragette Alice Paul dedicated her life's work to women's rights and was a key figure in the push for the 19th Amendment.
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D.H. Lawrence
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D.H. Lawrence
Journalist, Author, Playwright, Poet / 1885 - 1930
D.H. Lawrence is best known for his infamous novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, which was banned in the United States until 1959, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
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Niels Bohr
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Niels Bohr
Physicist / 1885 - 1962
Niels Bohr was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and humanitarian whose revolutionary theories on atomic structures helped shape research worldwide.
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Lyda Newman
Lyda Newman
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Inventor / 1885 -
African-American hairdresser and inventor Lyda Newman patented an improved hairbrush design in New York City in 1898.
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