People I Want My Kids to Know

This is a new section to my blog and like all the other parts is a constant work in progress. At the moment it's a bit of a wishlist; people I want to write more about and get more familiar with.

ATHLETES

• Jackie Robinson & Pee Wee Reese
• Tommie Smith & John Carlos
• Colin Kaepernik
• Billie Jean King
• Katherine Switzer
• Jessie Owens
• Venus & Serena Williams

MATHEMATICIANS & SCIENTISTS

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson
• Mary Jackson
• Katherine Goble Johnson
• Dorothy Vaughan
• Henrietta Lacks

EDUCATORS

• Temple Grandin

CONSERVATIONISTS

• Jane Goodall
• Dian Fossey
• Birute Galdikas
• The Black Mambas
• Wangari Maathai

POLITICIANS

• Shirley Chisholm
• Wilma Mankiller
• Barack Obama
• Robert F. Kennedy
• Hillary Clinton

ACTIVISTS

• Dolores Huerta
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Leymah Gbowee

SOCIAL WORKERS

• Jane Addams
• Irena Sendler

CHILDREN

• Phillis Wheatley
• Malala Yousafsai
• Iqbal Masih
• Ruby Bridges
• Molly Kelly, Daisy Kadibill, & Gracie Fields
• Sadako Sasaki
• Sophie Scholl

AVIATORS

• Bessie Coleman
• Amelia Earhart
• John Glenn
• Mae Jemison

PERFORMERS

• Nichelle Nichols
• Ellen Degeneres

WRITER

• Maya Angelou
• JK Rowling
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