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Also Known As Carrie Amelia Moore • Carry A. Nation
Born November 25, 1846 • Kentucky • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died June 9, 1911 (aged 64) • Leavenworth • Kansas

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Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt
American temperance leader
Martha McClellan Brown
Martha McClellan Brown
American activist
Rebecca Ann Felton
Rebecca Ann Felton
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Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
American scientist
Anna Howard Shaw.
Anna Howard Shaw
American minister
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator
Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer
American social reformer
Marietta Holley.
Marietta Holley
American humorist
Thomas Ewing
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Edward Rutledge
American politician
Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
Ely S. Parker
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Conrad Taeuber
American sociologist
Julius Rosenberg
American engineer and spy
James Stockdale
United States admiral
John A. Rawlins
United States general
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American clergyman and politician
Ethel Rosenberg
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