A Swedish climate youth activist, Greta Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays to protest outside the Swedish Parliament, calling on lawmakers to act on climate change. Thanks to social media, her actions have millions worldwide to organize and protest.
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Redefining the first lady's role, Eleanor Roosevelt advocated for human and women's rights, held press conferences, and penned her own column. After leaving the White House (1945), she became chair of the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission.
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Born enslaved in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North & became the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. She risked her life to lead hundreds of slaves from the plantation system to freedom using this elaborate secret network of safe houses.
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Dr. Jane Goodall is known for her years of living among chimpanzees in Tanzania to develop the most trailblazing primate studies to date. She immersed herself in their lives, bypassing rigid procedures to make discoveries about primate behavior that shaped scientific discourse.
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Rosa Parks helped initiate the civil rights movement in 1955; she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man and was charged with civil disobedience. That inspired leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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From escaping persecution in Europe with her family to becoming our nation's first female Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton (1997), Madeleine Albright's story embodies the pursuit of the American Dream and holds the promise that you can do and become anything.
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America's first lady of talk shows, Oprah Winfrey is well-known for surpassing her competition to become the most-watched daytime show host. She leveraged her success with the Oprah Winfrey Show to build her own successful multimedia production company, Harpo Studios.
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In 1961, Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Her experiences growing up as an outsider in Monroeville, Alabama, inspired the classic novel's basis.
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Tarana Burke is a civil rights activist who was the original founder of the "Me Too" movement, which she started in 2006. It later became a global phenomenon that raised awareness about sexual harassment, abuse, and assault in 2017. She now serves at the as its director.
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Writer, feminist and women's rights activist Betty Friedan wrote 'The Feminine Mystique' (1963) and co-founded the , serving as its first president.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest track and field athletes in American history. The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and the first woman to compile more than 7,000 points in the seven-event heptathlon, she went on to win 3 gold medals.
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Mae C. Jemison is the first Black woman astronaut. In 1992, she flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47, becoming the first Black woman in space. In recognition of Jemison's accomplishments, she received several honorary doctorates.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist and environmentalist who helped protect the Florida Everglades. She became known for work in nature conservancy after her book Everglades: River of Grass was published. In 1993, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Ella Baker was a leading figure of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Following her work for the , she helped found MLK's Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. Three years later, she launched the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
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On the last day of #WHM, I want to recognize Anne Frank. Fleeing Nazi persecution of Jews, her family moved to Amsterdam & later went into hiding. During this time, she wrote about her experiences in her diary, later found and published posthumously, becoming a best-seller.
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We're a group of Iraqi translators & employees who served US in Iraq.We suffered from suspending USRAP-P2 Prog. and still;while we're facing daily danger of being killed by militias
We need SIV/IOM to be activated for Iraqis please🙏
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