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Virginia Apgar : Five Points

Virginia Apgar, one of the first trained anesthesiologists. ⚕️Virginia Apgar, an American pioneer in the medical field, left an indelible mark on the world with her innovative contributions. Born in 1909, Apgar's early life was marked by creativity and a love for...

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Jeanne Baret: Ginger Peach Beret

Not only a glass-ceiling-shattering explorer, but also a groundbreaking botanist. Jeanne Baret sailed around the world as part of the first French circumnavigation of the globe, led by admiral Louis-Antoine de Bougainville from 1766 to 1769. Her journey was not...

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Ching Shih: Buddha Blend White

Ching Shih was one of the most badass pirates of all time.  In a ten-year span, Ching's "Red Flag Fleet", a pirate armada consisting of somewhere around four hundred Chinese twenty-gun junks and several thousand men, sailed up and down the coast of Imperial China...

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Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi: Rani Chai

"The most dangerous of all the rebel leaders." Manikarnika Tambe was born in November, 1928 in Varanasi India. 🕊She was only 4 when her mother died, and her father, a court advisor, was left to raise his children alone. 🏹 She learned horsemanship, archery, self...

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Rebecca Gratz: Rebecca’s Lullaby

With every need she saw, she formed a society to meet it.   Rebecca Gratz could not see the widows and orphans of the Revolutionary war without doing something to ease their suffering -- with every need she saw, she formed a society to meet it. She was a...

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Rose Fortune: Spicy Ginger Rose

Rose Fortune left no words behind - only actions. As a freed slave in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia she started a carting business, hauling luggage and freight with her wheelbarrow. She also offered a wake up service, and was soon the self appointed law of the wharf...

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