Catherine the Great, also known as Catherine II, ruled Russia as its Empress for the longest period...
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Bonnie and Clyde were famous Americans who began robbing and killing during the Great Depression. Bonnie Elizabeth...
Wilma Rudolph was an Olympic champion sprinter from the United States. Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on...
Susan LaFlesche Picotte was the first Native American to earn a medical degree. On June 17, 1865,...
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate General who helped the Confederacy win many battles during the American Civil...
Pope Francis is the Roman Catholic Church’s 266th Pope and the sovereign of Vatican City (elected in...
Marian Anderson was an American singer who was one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated performers. Marian...
Katy Perry is an American singer and songwriter who started out as a gospel singer before becoming...
Josephine Baker was a French activist and entertainer born in the United States who rose to fame...
Emmett Till was an African-American teenager who was lynched in 1955 for allegedly insulting a white woman...
Ellen Ochoa is an American astronaut who was the world’s first Hispanic woman to journey to space....
Gabby Douglas is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist, as well as the first African American...
