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Abbott, Grace
Grace Abbott
American social worker
Sara Josephine Baker.
Sara Josephine Baker
American physician
Lucy Louisa Coues Flower
American welfare worker
Alden, Cynthia May Westover
Cynthia May Westover Alden
American social worker and journalist
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
Martha Platt Falconer
American social worker
Song Qingling with Sun Yat-sen in late 1924.
Song Qingling
Chinese political leader
Straus, Nathan
Nathan Straus
American businessman
Alzina Parsons Stevens
American labor leader
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
United States senator, first lady, and secretary of state