Army nurse Florence Blanchfield is best known for her struggle to attain full military rank, and for equal rights in the military.
1884-1971
Prolific author Pearl S. Buck earned a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth. She was also the first female to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.
1892-1973
1929-
Paul Dooley drew comic strips for his local newspaper before he turned to the big screen, taking roles in films such as Sixteen Candles and Breaking Away.
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Comedian Steve Harvey is a radio and TV show host who has also written relationship advice books.
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Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield led his family in their notorious and bloody feud with the McCoys during the late 1800s along the Kentucky-West Virginia border.
1839-1921
Stonewall Jackson was a leading Confederate general during the U.S. Civil War, commanding forces at Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
1824-1863
1807-1891
1924-2006
Tampa Bay serial killer Bobby Joe Long confessed to killing 10 women, and raping more than 50, in the 1980s.
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Former Army soldier Jessica Lynch was held captive by Iraqi soldiers at Saddam Hospital in Nasiriya then rescued by U.S. troops. A media firestorm followed.
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Sara Jane Moore gained national notoriety in 1975, when she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
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Dwight Morrow (1873–1931) helped draft an early workers' compensation law, devised a national aviation policy, and served as ambassador to Mexico.
1873-1931
1932-2010
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Mary Lou Retton is a retired champion gymnast who won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 1984 Olympics. She was featured on the Wheaties cereal box.
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Jerry West is a former basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers who went on to become the team’s head coach and general manager.
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A World War II fighter pilot ace, Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 670 mph in level flight in 1947.
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1871-1946