Mohandas Gandhi—

used non-violence to free India from British rule

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http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/gandhi.html

John McConnell

Founder of Earth Dayhttp://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=John_McConnell_07

http://www.earthsite.org/john.htm

http://www.peacekids.net/heroes/pages-m/mcconnell-bio.htm

Jane Goodall

Educates Others on Environmental Awareness and Animal Protection

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=janegoodall

http://www.janegoodall.org/jane/default.asp

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• http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,182762,00.html

Michelle Bachelet

First Female President of Chile

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735593,00.html

• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/jan-june06/chile_1-25.html

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• http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=32098101&site=srck5-live

Cesar Chavez

Labor Rights Workerhttp://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=c_chavez

http://www.cesarechavezfoundation.org/_page.php?code=001001000000000&page_ttl=American+Hero&kind=1

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Helen Keller

Overcame her Blindness and Deafness to Teach Others

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=H_Keller2_moran_ms_2008_ul

http://greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=91

Distinguished Women of the Past and Present• http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/keller.html

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Anne Frank

Victim of the Holocaust

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• Distinguished Women of Past and Presenthttp://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/frank.html

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Mother Teresa

Helped the Poor

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http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html

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Florence Kelley

Leader Against Child Labor

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=f_kelley

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWkelley.htm

• http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=39015736&site=srck5-live

• http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=39053498&site=srck5-live

Ryan White

My Hero Websitehttp://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=White_Hobart_

Ryan White’s Websitehttp://www.ryanwhite.com/pages/story.html

Eleanor Roosevelt

Advocate for freedom and human rights

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=e_roosevelt

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/eleanor.html

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Elizabeth Blackwell

became the first female doctor and opened the first medical school for women.

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=e_blackwell

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=20

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/blackwell/

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/065))

Abraham Lincoln

U.S president who fought for the abolition of slavery while keeping

the country united

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http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=LBC_Family

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The Dalai Lama

Buddhist leader who dedicates his life to human rights and spreading peace in the world

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=DaliLama

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1672621,00.html

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Susan B. Anthony

fought against slavery and fought for women’s rights, including the right to vote

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http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=13

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Chief Joseph

Leader of the Native American Nez Perce Tribe who fought to keep their homeland

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http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm

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Evelyn H. Lauder

founded a Cancer Research Foundationhttp://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Evelyn_Lauder

http://www.evelynlauder.com/

http://www.bcrfcure.org/part_estee_ehlbio.html

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=E_Lauder_gf_ms_07

http://www.washingtonlife.com/backissues/archives/02nov/verbatim.htm

Dian Fossey

Dedicated her life to protect the endangered Mountain Gorilla; animal

rightshttp://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=dfossey

 http://www.gorillafund.org/dian_fossey/index.php

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Ruby Bridges

First Black Student to Enter a Desegregated School

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• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html

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Nelson Mandela

led peaceful movement to stop Apartheid (segregated blacks & whites) in South Africa.

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=nelsonMandela

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/hh/goplaces/article/0,28376,590859,00.html

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Thurgood Marshall

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil rights activist

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Oseola McCarty

Donated her Life Savings for College Scholarships

• http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=oseola

Time For Kids• http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,93740,00.html

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Rosa ParksActivist who began the Montgomery Bus Boycott & sparked the

Civil Rights Movement

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http://achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0int-1

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