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Clara Barton (1821–1912) was an American nurse, suffragist and humanitarian who is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. I covered her last year but wanted to revisit her story as I traveled to Johnstown, Pennsylvania where she organized a massive flood relief in 1889. The American Red Cross, led by Clara and including 50 volunteers undertook that relief effort after the Johnstown Pennsylvania flood that killed (by one account) 2,209 people. Per my blog last year: Following the outbreak of […]
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Marian Wright Edelman (born: June 6, 1939) is an American activist who, in 1973, founded the Children’s Defense Fund. She was the […]
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Christa McAuliffe ((1948-1986) was an educator and an astronaut. On January 28, 1986 I was standing at the bar in the kitchen […]
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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a documentary photographer. She is a well known photojournalist who was the first permitted to take pictures of […]
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Martha (1894-1991) was a modern dancer and choreographer whose technique changed dance worldwide. Some her accomplishments: Taught dance for over 70 years […]
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Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) was an American sculptor. She is best known for her work “The Angel of the Waters” (1873), also known […]
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Temple Grandin (Born: 29 Aug 1947) is an American professor of animal science at Colorado State University and counsels the livestock industry […]
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Virginia Apgar, M.D. (1909 – 1974) was an American obstetrical anesthesiologist, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way […]
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Hulton Archive/Getty Images Julia Carolyn Child (1912-2004) was an American chef, author, television personality and breast cancer survivor. While dinning in Paris, […]
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Kitty O’Neil (1946-2018) was an American speed icon. She was a stunt woman and racer who earned the title “fastest woman on […]
