50 Important People
1. John Adams
WHO: Second President of the United States
WHEN: 1797–1801
SIGNIFICANCE: Declaration of Independence
CAPTION: John Adams, Second President of the US.(http://www.cowboybooks.com.)
2. Jane Addams
WHO: Founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement
WHEN: September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935
SIGNIFICANCE: antiwar activist, spokesperson for racial justice,1st American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
CAPTION: American social reformer Jane Addams,1914(www.wikipedia.com)
3. Susan B. Anthony
WHO: Suffragist, women’s rights advocate
WHEN: February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906
SIGNIFICANCE: American civil rights leader who played
a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights
movement to secure women's suffrage in the United States.
CAPTION: Susan B. Anthony in her older years.(www.wikepedia.com)
4. Alexander Graham Bell
WHO: Inventor, Scientist, Professor
WHEN: 3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922
SIGNIFICANCE: inventor of telephone
CAPTION: Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell(www.wikipedia.com)
5. John Brown
WHO: American abolitionist
WHEN: May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859
SIGNIFICANCE: Massacre, Harpers
CAPTION: Abolitionist John Brown, bust-length.(www.wikipedia.com)
6. George Bush Sr.
WHO: forty-first President of the United States
WHEN: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
SIGNIFICANCE: Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, Clean Air Act
CAPTION: Officeial portrait of George H. W. Bush(www.dodmedia.osd.mil)
7. Andrew Carnegie
WHO: industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist
WHEN:1835-1919
SIGNIFICANCE: "Andrew Carnegie was the
pioneering tycoon of the Age of Steel"
CAPTION: American...
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