Sarah Bagley

While much of her life remains surrounded by questions, the record of Bagley’s experiences as a worker and activist in Lowell, Massachusetts reveals a remarkable spirit.

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Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams

Alberta Schenck is most notably remembered for her role in the advancement of native rights during a time when segregation against Indigenous people ran rampant in her hometown of Nome, Alaska. Her advocacy for equality for Indigenous peoples played a role in the passing of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945.

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Ida R Cummings

Ida R. Cummings and her family were on the front lines from the suffrage movement to supporting amendments to better the rights of Black Americans.

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Jennie Curtis

Jennie Curtis, who was a seamstress in the repair shops, one of the most common jobs at the Pullman car shops for women. Her testimony in the U.S. Strike Commission Report gives us some insight into the nature of work at the Pullman factory.

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Lilli Hornig

As with so many of the scientists who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, Lilli Schwenk Hornig (1921-2017) had fled her homeland to escape persecution.

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