Quest 1: Meet the Heroines
Each of the four women below have had major impacts on American history. Explore the videos and links below in order to choose your heroine!
Rosa Parks“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.”
Rosa Parks was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement." She is most known for starting the Montgomery Bus Protest which helped to desegregate the south. She remains a symbol for racial equality and civil rights.
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Eleanor Roosevelt“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor roosevelt redefined the role of First Lady. She used her newspaper column, radio and speeches to champion civil and women's rights, often in opposition to her husband FDR’s policies. As a UN delegate and “First Lady of the World,” she drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Harriet Tubman“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
Born a slave, she fled North to freedom, later making 19 trips back to the South as an Underground Railroad conductor, leading some 300 slaves to freedom. A nurse during the Civil War, she served the Union army as a scout and spy. She was active in the women's suffrage movement after the war
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Wilma Mankiller"I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves."
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and first elected female Chief of a Native nation in modern times. Her 10-year administration, from 1985-1995, revitalized the Nation through extensive community development, self-help, education and healthcare programs for the Cherokee Nation’s 300,000 citizens.
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