Ernestine Louise Rose (January 13, 1810 – August 4, 1892) was an atheist, feminist, and abolitionist. She was one of the major intellectual forces behind the women's rights movement in nineteenth-century America.
She was born on January 13, 1810, in Piotrków Trybunalski, Russia-Poland, as Ernestine Louise Polowsky. Her father was a rich rabbi and her mother the daughter of a wealthy businessman..
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2014-01-15
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Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragette and activist.
Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.
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2014-01-12
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Carrie Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – March 9, 1947) was a women's suffrage leader.
She campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920.
January 9, 1859
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2014-01-09
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2014-01-07
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Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru.
She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations.
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2013-12-16
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