9) Elizabeth Magie The Original Designer of What Would Become Monopoly Born: 1866, Macomb, Illinois, United States of America Died: 1948, Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America Board game designer who created The Landlord’s Game—basically Monopoly (it was Monopoly, she just had a different name). She created the game as a way to better…
8) Wade Watts He has been called “The Man Who Defined Forgiveness” Born: 23 September 1919, Kiamichi, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 13 December 1998 Reverend Watts is most remembered for helping former Imperial Wizard Johnny Lee Clary leave the Ku Klux Klan. Reverend Watts was an African American man, but he told Clary…
8) Gillis Duncan I know what you’re thinking, and no not Geillis from Outlander (though her name has been alternatively spelled that way). Gillis was an “actual” witch, and read below to find out more She died during the North Berwick Witch Trials, which took place in Scotland between 1590 and 1592 AD Unfortunately (seeing…
7) Raoul Wallenberg He is credited with saving somewhere in the ballpark of 100,000 Hungarian Jews in six months. Born: 4 August 1912, Lidingö, Sweden Died: Possibly, 17 July 1947, Moscow, Soviet Union (Present-day Moscow, Russia) During the second half of World War II Raoul was working as a diplomat for his native Sweden in…
7) Mileva Marić Fun Fact, number seven is my favorite number so I reserved this spot just for her!! Born: 19 December 1875, Serbian Controlled Ottoman Empire (Present-day Titel, Serbia) Died: 4 August 1948, Zurich, Switzerland Mileva was a mathematician and while nobody can definitively prove which pieces, she helped her husband (you know, that…
6) Marie Skłodowska Curie Yes, that’s her real, full name, and no she never dropped it–Western Media did, #polishpride (Quick note, I’m not Polish but if you need someone new to watch on YouTube I highly recommend the Meme Mom herself Karolina Żebrowska !) Anyway, back to Marie Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Controlled Poland…
6) August Landmesser If Only We Could All be This Brave Born: 24 May 1910, Moorrege, German Empire (Present-day Moorrege, Germany) Died: 14 October 1944, Yugoslavia (Present-day Croatia) August was a man married to a Jewish woman–in Nazi Germany. Today he is most remembered for the powerful photograph in which he refused to perform the…
5) Nettie Stevens Geneticist Who Worked on the Theory of Sex Determination Born: 7 July 1861, Cavendish, Vermont, United States of America Died: 4 May 1912, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Geneticist and one of two scientists who theorized sex determination by chromosomes (the other was a guy and they discovered the idea at…
5) Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Activist and LGBT+ Icon Born: 17 March 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 24 August 1978, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Civil Rights Icon who is now also remembered as an LGBT+ Icon. He designed the March on Washington and many other Civil Rights activities…
4) Paul Rusesabinga Human Rights Activist in his native Rwanda Born: 15 June 1954, Ruanda-Urundi (Present-day Rwanda and Burundi) Paul is a Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient for his heroic actions in saving 1,268 refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. He was able to do so because at the time (in 1994) he was the manager…