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Anousheh Ansari

Learn how the first Iranian and Muslim woman to travel to outer space inspires and encourages girls to pursue science.

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Hector Garcia

Read about a national hero who fought for the rights of Latin Americans as a doctor and a major in the U.S. Army.

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David Ho

David Ho

Discover the challenges this HIV and AIDs researcher overcame in his life and his many achievements.

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Katherine Johnson

Find out how this African American woman made human space travel possible with her precise calculation of the flight path.

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Yuri Kochiyama

Find out how the unfair treatment from the government led a Japanese American to speak out for human rights.

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Charley Parkhurst

Learn about this woman who lived life as a man became a famous stagecoach driver.

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Mary Golda Ross

Discover this Native American woman’s achievements throughout her career as a mechanical and aeronautical engineer.

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Dalip Singh Saund

Read about the challenges this man from India had to face to become the first Asian American voted into the U.S. Congress.

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Jim Thorpe

Learn about the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal and his many achievements as an all-around athlete.

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Granville T. Woods

Find out what this African American inventor did that made him the “Black Thomas Edison.”

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