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Akram al-Hawrani
Syrian politician
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan
American first lady
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar politician and opposition leader
Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter
American first lady
Lin Zexu, statue in Chinatown, New York City.
Lin Zexu
Chinese official
Pat Nixon
Pat Nixon
American first lady
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger
American social reformer
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
American scientist
Maggie Kuhn
American activist
Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt
American temperance leader
Marie Stopes
Marie Stopes
British botanist and social worker
Carry Nation
Carry Nation
American temperance leader
Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú
Guatemalan activist
Sister Helen Prejean
Sister Helen Prejean
American nun
Anna Adams Gordon.
Anna Adams Gordon
American social reformer
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
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Aleksandŭr Stamboliyski
Bulgarian political leader
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune
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Walter White, 1942
Walter White
American civil-rights activist