“When I found I had crossed that line [to freedom], I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” 223: Harriet Tubman Union Spy…
222: Margaretha MacLeod Exotic Dancer Known Better by her Stage Name of Mata Hari Born: 7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Died: 15 October 1917, Vincennes, France Her mother died when she was fifteen and so she and her three brothers were split apart and sent to live with other relatives. Margaretha was already coming into…
221: Belle Boyd Confederate Spy hailed as the “Cleopatra of the Secession” Born: 9 May 1844, Martinsburg, Virginia (Present-day West Virginia), United States of America Died: 11 June 1900, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States of America Original Name: Maria Isabella Boyd She was seventeen years old when the War Between the States broke out. Belle…
220: Rose O’Neal Greenhow Confederate Spy Born: c.1815, Most Likely Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America Died: 30 September (Or 1 October, depending on Source) 1864, Atlantic Ocean near Wilmington, North Carolina, Confederate States of America (Present-day United States of America) Rose used her position as a socialite in Washington DC to run a…
219: Catherine (née Middleton) Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales Born: 9 January 1982, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Formerly Known As: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge Kate is married to Prince William, which means she will likely become Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and other commonwealth countries when he ascends the…
218: Diana Spencer The People’s Princess Born: 1 July 1961, Sandringham, United Kingdom Died: 31 August 1997, Paris, France She was born into an aristocratic British family and grew up in Althorp Manor upon her grandfather’s death and her father’s ascension to be the 8th Earl Spencer (at this time she was also given the…
217: Gloria von Thurn und Taxis German Princess who is also a socialite, businesswoman, philanthropist, Catholic activist, and artist Born: 23 February 1960, Stuttgart, Germany Gloria became a princess after marrying her husband Johannes. In the nineteen eighties she was known as Princess TNT because she was a hard partier, collected art, and styled her…
216: Noor Al-Hussein Dowager Queen of Jordan Born: 23 August 1951, Washington, DC, United States of America Original Name: Lisa Halaby She was the fourth wife and last Queen Consort to King Hussein of Jordan. Noor is the longest standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission of Missing Persons. She is…
215: Grace Kelly Princess of Monaco Born: 12 November 1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 14 September 1982, Monte Carlo, Monacco She was an American Actress who starred in films like Dial M for Murder and Rear Window before leaving Hollywood behind to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Grace was an Academy…
214: Elizabeth II The Longest Reigning Monarch in British History (Overtaking Queen Victoria Who Held the Previous Record) at the Time of Her Death Born: 21 April 1926, London, United Kingdom Death: 8 September 2022, Balmoral, United Kingdom Elizabeth celebrated her sixty-fifth anniversary on the throne in 2017, and her seventieth in 2022. She had…