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Carrie A. Nation (1846-1911), Crusader for Prohibition and for the Rights of Women

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  • Her approach was more radical than most, but in some ways she was a forerunner of a future group of women, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  • She resorted to violence to make her point but also assured her critics that she wouldn’t have had to choose this route if women had the right to vote

Carrie Amelia Moore Nation was born in 1846 in Kentucky to a slave-owning family that was very religious. In 1854 the family moved to Cass County in western Missouri, which turned out to be close to the fighting going on in Kansas over slavery. At various times then and during the Civil War, Carrie Nation was among the women who aided injured soldiers in the area.

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George Washington Carver (ca. 1865-1943), Internationally Known Scientist and Educator

blank George Washington Carver was born into a slave family in Diamond Grove, Missouri. His father died in an accident shortly before his birth, and when he was still an infant, Carver and his mother were kidnapped by slave raiders who hoped to sell them for money.  George was rescued by a neighbor and returned to Moses and Susan Carver, the owners of the farm where his family had lived. His mother was never seen again.

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Brenda Starr, Reporter

blankIf you read the funnies growing up and were female, it was impossible to resist Brenda Starr. She was beautiful, wore stylish clothing, had a fascinating job as an investigative reporter, and was visited by a mysterious boyfriend who appeared now and then.

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