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Mary Church Terrell
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- Famous Teachers
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Mary Church Terrell
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1863 - 1954
Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.
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Robert A. Millikan
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- Famous Academics
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- Famous Arians
Robert A. Millikan
Educator, Physicist / 1868 - 1953
American physicist Robert A. Milikan is best known for measuring the charge on the electron, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923.
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Edmonia Lewis
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- Famous Black Artists
- Famous Sculptors
- Famous Artists
Edmonia Lewis
Sculptor / 1844 - 1911
The first professional African-American and Native-American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis earned critical praise for work that explored religious and classical themes.
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Lucy Stone
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- Famous Leos
- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous Suffragettes
Lucy Stone
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1818 - 1893
Lucy Stone was a leading activist and pioneer of the abolition and women's rights movements.
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John Mercer Langston
John Mercer Langston
U.S. Representative / 1829 - 1897
Black leader, educator and diplomat John Mercer Langston is believed to have been the first black person ever elected to public office in the United States.
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Julie Taymor
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- Famous Puppeteers
- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Film Directors
Julie Taymor
Artist, Director, Playwright / 1952 -
Director, playwright and designer Julie Taymor was the creative force behind Broadway’s The Lion King, and is a director of theater, opera and film.
profile name: Mary Church Terrell profile occupation: Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
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profile name: Edmonia Lewis profile occupation: Sculptor
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profile name: Lucy Stone profile occupation: Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
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profile name: Robert A. Millikan profile occupation: Educator, Physicist
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profile name: John Mercer Langston profile occupation: U.S. Representative
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profile name: Julie Taymor profile occupation: Artist, Director, Playwright
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