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Retrobituaries
Lincoln Perry, the First Black Movie Star
Lincoln Perry, the First Black Movie Star
Grace O'Malley, the Fearless 16th-Century Irish Pirate Queen Who Stood Up to the English
Grace O'Malley, the Fearless 16th-Century Irish Pirate Queen Who Stood Up to the English
Clarence Birdseye, the Father of the Frozen Foods Industry
Clarence Birdseye, the Father of the Frozen Foods Industry
Madam C.J. Walker, the First Self-Made Female Millionaire in the U.S.
Madam C.J. Walker, the First Self-Made Female Millionaire in the U.S.
Lady Death: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Greatest Female Sniper of All Time
Mary Frith, 17th-Century London's Smoking, Thieving, Foul-Mouthed "Roaring Girl"
Madelyn Pugh Davis, the “Girl Writer” Behind
I Love Lucy
Bernarr Macfadden: Bodybuilder, Publisher, and Eccentric Prophet of Physical Culture
Sushruta, Ancient Indian Surgeon and Father of the Nose Job
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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