622: Rebecca Peterman Union Soldier Who Fought With the 7th Wisconsin Infantry During the War Between the States Born: c. 1846, Location Unknown Death Date Unknown, as is Location Also Known As: Georgianna Peterman Rebecca enlisted in 1862 at the age of sixteen. She fought at the Battles of Antietam and South Mountain. Escaping the battles unscathed,…
621) Catherine E Davidson
“The finger that used to wear that ring will never wear it again. The hand is dead but the soldier lives on.” -Catherine to the Pennsylvania Governor After he tried to return the ring she gave him after he carried her off the battlefield 621: Catherine E Davidson Union Soldier of the Ohio 28th Infantry…
620) Clara Quintanilla
620: Clara Quintanilla Art Restorer Birth Date Unknown, as is Location Died: 29 October 2016, Most Likely Madrid, Spain The little we know about Clara tells us she worked for the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Clara restored over two hundred paintings at the museum during the thirty-four years she worked there. Sources: https://spanishbaroqueart.tumblr.com/post/152873418827/in-memoriam-clara-quintanilla-clara-quintanilla https://gallerix.org/news/world/201211/v-prado-vystavlena-otrestavrirovannaya-kartina-ticiana-san-xuan-bautista/…
619) Marianne Cope
To see the infinite pity of this place, The mangled limb, the devastated face, The innocent sufferers smiling at the rod, A fool were tempted to deny his God. He sees, and shrinks; but if he look again, Lo, beauty springing from the breast of pain!— He marks the sisters on the painful shores, And…
618) Clementine Churchill
618: Clementine Churchill So Much More Than Winston’s Wife Born: 1 April 1885, Mayfair, Westminster, London, United Kingdom Died: 12 December 1977, Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom Nobody knows for certain who Clementine’s father was (her aristocratic parents were notorious for having affairs and hating one another, and her “father” left her mother when she was…
617) Rachel Weisz
617: Rachel Weisz Academy Award Winning Actress Born: 7 March 1970, Westminster, London, United Kingdom Rachel is best remembered for her roles in The Mummy franchise, Constantine, and other feature films and television programs. Before she was an actress, Rachel started modeling at the age of fourteen. She has one son from a former relationship…
616) Malala Yousafzai
“This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change.” 616: Malala Yousafzai Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Born: 12 July 1997, Mingora, Pakistan Malala is also the youngest recipient…
615) Antoinette Tuff
615: Antoinette Tuff Stopped an Active School Shooter Born: c.1967 Antoinette did this by literally convincing him to give her his AK-47—making it the only case of a school shooting in the United States that ended with zero deaths or injuries. Antoinette now teaches seminars on hostage negotiations and how to deal with other stressful…
Entries Born in Somalia
These are the entries born in the country of Somalia, or entries born within the modern-day boundaries of Somalia. Entries: Arawelo, The First Feminist Ruler in History Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Speech Advocate Who Fights Against FGM & Honor Killings Dr. Hawa Abdi, Humanitarian, Doctor, and Badass Who Fights off Somali Militias
614) Dr. Hawa Abdi
“When the war broke out, many people fled from Mogadishu. I welcomed them. It was not planned. It just happened. It became a big camp, which reached 90,000 people. The situation was critical. People were suffering, women were delivering their babies in the road. It was a danger for the mother’s life and the child’s…