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John Tradescant, Royal Gardener and Forefather of the Natural History Museum
Virginia Apgar, the Woman Whose Name Saves Newborns
Laura de Force Gordon, Pioneering Newspaper Publisher, Lawyer, and Suffragist
Caroline Weldon, 19th Century Indigenous Rights Advocate and Sitting Bull's Secretary
Christine Granville, World War II Special Agent
Emily Warren Roebling, the Woman Who Helped Build the Brooklyn Bridge
Leon Ray Livingston, America's Most Famous Hobo
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Walter Jackson Freeman, Father of the Lobotomy
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