Notes

Annie Besant

She was an activist for women's rights.
She became the first woman to be accepted into the University of London

Leon Sullivan

He created jobs for young black people
He became a minister at the age of 18

Ancel Adams

He was born on February 20, 1902
He was diagnosed with being hyperactive and dyslexic

Suzan B. Anthony

She fought to end slavery
She felt that everyone should be treated equally whether you are black or white

Indira Gandhi

Her was a minister of India
She was arrested for three months

Rachel Carson
 She was a marine biologist
 She was disturbed that they were using synthetic chemicals in WWII

Caesar Chevez
He was born March 31, 1937
He was a civil rights activist

Roger Baldwin
He spent a year in jail for not sending in a draft notice to the military
After the war he was sent to japan

Eva Perron
She became a first lady at 27
She died July 26, 1952 of ovarian cancer

Akbar the Great
He was born in India
He had six wives

Aung San Suu Kyi
Her father was assassinated when she was two.
She graduated from New Delhi with a degree in politics

 Jane Adams
She supported the association for women's rights
She was seven when she moved to the big city

John Muir
John's father was very strict
He had two daughters

Deganawida
His name means "two rivers flowing together"
He had a speech impediment

W. E. B. Duboit
He insisted on full civil rights
He died of old age at the age of 95

Jacques Cousteau
He took a camera apart to see how it worked
He co invented the aqua lung

Ida B. Wells
She was expelled from college for her behavior and temper
She refused to give up her seat like Rosa Parks