89) Justin Wren MMA Fighter & Humanitarian Born: 27 April 1987, Dallas, Texas, United States of America Justin’s record in the UFC was 15-2 but after six years of battling depression and addiction he stepped away from fighting to find a higher purpose. He found some of the forgotten people of the Pygmy Tribe (The…
89) Jean Paul Advocate for the Indigenous People of Canada Born: 10 January 1926, Surrey, United Kingdom Died: c Jan 1992, New Brunswick, Canada During World War II at the age of sixteen she met and fell in love with Charley Paul who was serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. Charley was a Maliseet Indian…
88) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The only General to land with the First Wave at Utah Beach during D-Day—and he did it while waving his cane because of his arthritis! Born: 13 September 1887, Cove Neck, New York, United States of America Died: 12 July 1944, Méautis, France Original Name: Theodore Roosevelt III Son of President…
88) Helen Keller Advocate and Educator who Rose Above Being Deaf and Blind to Become Internationally Celebrated Born: 27 June 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States of America Died: 1 June 1968, Easton, Connecticut, United States of America She was also a co-founder of the ACLU. When Helen was nineteen months old, she became ill—most likely…
87) Father James Coyle Roman Catholic Priest Murdered for Performing an Interracial Marriage Born: 23 March 1873, Drum, Ireland (Presnet-day Drum, Republic of Ireland) Died: 11 August 1921, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America The marriage was between a white girl and a Puerto Rican man, and the murderer was the white woman’s father. She…
87) Ankhesenpepi II “Pepi lives for Her” Birth and Death Dates Unknown She was the daughter of Nebet and Khui and mother to Pharaoh Pepi II of Ancient Egypt. Ankhesenpepi II was the wife of Pharaoh Pepi I—and after he died, she married Merenre Nemtyemsaf—her nephew and another Pharaoh. She ruled Egypt as regent for…
86) Willem Arondeus Artist & Nazi Resistance Fighter Born: 22 August 1894, Naarden, The Kingdom of the Netherlands Died: 1 July 1943, Haarlem, The Kingdom of the Netherlands Willem left home at the age of seventeen and severed contact with his family after they did not support him when he came out as gay. When…
86) Millicent Fawcett Suffragette and Feminist Born: 11 June 1847, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom Died: 5 August 1929, London, United Kingdom For fifty years she was one of the leaders of the Suffrage Movement in the United Kingdom. She also alienated other Suffragettes because she did not condone the violence of Emmeline Pankhurst—a fellow suffragette who…
85) Ub Iwerks Animator and Special Effects Technician who Brought Mickey Mouse to Life Born: 24 March 1901, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Died: 7 July 1971, Burbank, California, United States of America Original Name: Ubbe Iwerks He became friends with Walt Disney at the age of eighteen and they began working together…
“Marriage, to women as to men must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord women equal power.” 85) Susan B Anthony Social Advocate and One of the Most Famous Supporters of Women’s Suffrage Born: 15…