Considered the first computer programmer, she developed the first algorithm for a computer.
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A former slave, she became a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist.
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Known as the "Lady with the Lamp," she was a pioneer in modern nursing.
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Known as the "Lady with the Lamp," she was a pioneer in modern nursing.
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An aviator, she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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A teenage diarist, she wrote about her experiences hiding from the Nazis during World War II
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The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was a champion of human rights and social justice.
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The publisher of The Washington Post, she was a pioneer in women's journalism
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A civil rights activist, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott
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A poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, she was a prominent voice for African Americans
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