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Reflecting on a year of informative articles: A thank you to our readers and a pause for reassessment
Dear Readers, It has been an incredible journey over the last year, publishing articles across a range of topics such as education, psychology, science…
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Amelia Earhart: Most celebrated American aviator
Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on…
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Jane Addams: American social reformer
Jane Addams was an American social reformer and pacifist, best known as the cofounder of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in…
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Fritz Haber: German Chemist Who Discovered the Synthesis of Ammonia
Fritz Haber was born on December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Germany, into one of the town's oldest families, as the son of trader Siegfried Haber and Paula…
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Ronald Ross: British Doctor Who Discovered the Transmission of Malaria
Ronald Ross was born on May 13, 1857, as the son of Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross, a Scottish officer in the British Indian Army. Ronald began his…
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Waris Dirie: Somalian fashion model and women's rights activist
Waris Dirie is a Somalian fashion model, author and women's rights activist known for her efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM). Dirie…
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Coretta Scott King: A Champion of Equality and Justice
Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King was born in Marion, Alabama, on…
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Charles Albert Gobat: Swiss Politician, Administrator and Philanthropist
Charles Albert Gobat was born in Tramelan, Switzerland as the son of a Protestant minister and the nephew of Samuel Gobat, a missionary who became the…
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Albertina Sisulu: A Leading Anti-Apartheid Activist
Widely referred to as the "Mother of the Nation," Albertina Sisulu was a prominent leader in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Albertina…
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Wangari Mathai: A pioneer of environmentalism and human rights
Wangari Mathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist who became the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize. Wangari Muta Mathai was born…
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Paul Dirac: One of the Founders of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Electrodynamics
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on August 8, 1902, in Bristol, England, to Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac and Florence Hannah Holten. His father…
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Jeanne Martin Cisse: Guinean diplomat
Jeanne Martin Cisse was a Guinean diplomat who was the first woman appointed as a permanent representative to the United Nations. Jeanne Martin Cisse…
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