Transforming Curriculum:

Susan B. Anthony - Abolitionist: suffragist; 19th-20th
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org

Jean-Bertand Aristide- Haitian leader in movement for justice; former President, 20th
http://www.haiti.org/aristide-bio.htm

Benjamin Banneker- Mathematician; 18th
http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/banneker-benjamin.html

Mary McLeod Bethune- Founder, National Council of Negro Women; educator; 20th
http://www.stamponhistory.com/people/bethune.html
http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/

Chief Black Hawk- Sauk chief; led people against white settlers in Illinois; 19th
http://www.npg.si.edu/col/native/blkhwk.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~RFester/bhawk.html

David Brower- Ecologist; environmentalist, writer; 20th
http://www.ecotopia.org/ehof/brower/

John Brown- Militant abolitionist; 19th
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)

Carlos Bulosan- Migrant farmworker, documenter of Filipino-American experience; 20th
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0880449.html
http://www.bulosan.org/

Rachel Carson- Founder, the environmental movement; 20th
http://www.rachelcarson.org/
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/cars-rac.htm

Cesar Chavez- Labor leader; founder of the United Farm Workers; 20th
http://www.ufw.org/cecstory.htm
http://www.cesarechavezfoundation.org/curricular.htm

Shirley Chisholm- Politician; first Black woman elected to U.S. Congress; 20th
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/shirley.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/qu/blquchis.htm

Chief Crazy Horse- Native American rights activist; Sioux; 19th
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/crazyhorse.htm

Angela Davis- Professor; activist for Black and womenís rights; 20th
http://www.speakoutnow.org/People/AngelaDavis.html

Morris Dees- Lawyer; anti-Klan activist
http://www.splcenter.org/cgi-bin/goframe.pl?refname=/centerinfo/morris.html

W.E.B. DuBois- Author; teacher; socialist; founder of NAACP; 19th-20th
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/dubois.html

Marian Wright Edelman- founder and current president, the Childrenís Defense Fund; 20th
http://www.childrensdefense.org/marian.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_marian_wright_edelman.htm

Nikki D. Giovanni- Author; poet; 20th
http://nikki-giovanni.com/
http://womenshistory.miningco.com/library/qu/blqugiov.htm

Angelina and Sarah Grimke- Womenís rights and antislavery activists; 19th
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASgrimke.htm

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper- First known African American novelist; abolitionist; 20th
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/FranBio.htm

Dolores Huerta- Labor organizer; cofounder, United Farm Workers; 20th
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882787.html
http://www.ufw.org/dh.htm

Langston Hughes- Poet; author; 20th
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm

Jesse Jackson- Organizer; politician; founder, Rainbow Coalition; 20th
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/jackson_j.htm

Mae Jemison- First African American astronaut; 20th
http://www.maejemison.com
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/jemison.html

Mother Jones- Labor organizer; UMW; 19th
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjonesM.htm

Chief Joseph- Native American activist for land rights; Nez Perce; 19th
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html

Coretta Scott King- Civil and human rights activist; 20th
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827676.html

Fred Korematsu- Fought the order of internment of Japanese Americans in WWII all the way to the Supreme Court 20th
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0880740.html

Audre Lorde- Poet; activist for rights of women, gays, and people of color; 20th
http://www.uic.edu/depts/quic/history/audre_lorde.html

Nelson Mandela- South African freedom fighter; president, South Africa; 20th
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html

Wilma  Mankiller-Principal chief; Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma; 20th
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/mankillr.htm

Rigoberta Menchu- Guatemalan activist for indigenous rights; Nobel Peace Prize recipient; 20th
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1992/tum-bio.html

Chico Mendes- Advocate, rights of Brazilian rubber tappers and protection for the Amazon rainforest; 20th
http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=c_mendes
http://www.mongabay.com/10chico_mendes.htm

Mirabel Sisters- Four women who fought the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic; 20th
http://www.mujereslatinas.com/bios/mirabel_bio.htm

Bob Moses- civil rights activist; founder, Algebra Project; 20th
http://www.blackengineer.com/Women%20History%20Month/sharecropper%20math.shtml

Ralph Nader- Consumer rights advocate; 20th
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/Nader-R1a.asp

Holly Near- Feminist and anti-war songwriter and singer; 20th
http://www.hollynear.com/bio.html

Rosa Parks- Civil rights activist; 20th
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/

Leonard Peltier- Imprisoned Native American rights activist; 20th
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0885721.html

Jackie Robinson- Baseball player; civil rights advocate
http://www.who2.com/jackierobinson.html

Chief Seattle- Advocate for protection of Native Americans and the environment; 19th
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/buerge2/seattle.html

Jim Thorpe- Native American leader; champion athlete; 20th
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/thorpe.html

Sojourner Truth- Abolitionist; itinerant preacher; womenís rights advocate; 19th
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/truth/1850/1850.html

Nat Turner- Leader of slave revolt; 19th
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASturner.htm

Ida B. Wells- Journalist; antilynching and womenís rights advocate; 20th
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/barn-ida.htm
 

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