David Ho
Discover the challenges this HIV and AIDs researcher overcame in his life and his many achievements.
Science Biographies
Edwin Hubble (with Video)
Explore the life and scientific innovations of this American cosmologist.
Katherine Johnson (with Video)
Find out how this African American woman made human space travel possible with her precise flight path calculation.
Mario Molina (with Video)
Learn about the contributions of this Nobel Prize award-winning chemist.
Mary Golda Ross
Discover this Native American woman’s achievements as a mechanical and aeronautical engineer.
Sally Ride (with Video)
Watch the video or read the biography of the first American woman to explore space.
Social Studies Biographies
Marian Anderson (with Video)
Explore the life of this famous singer and how she became the first African American person to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Anousheh Ansari
Learn how Anousheh Ansari became the first female space tourist and encourages girls to explore science and technology.
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Clara Barton (with Video)
Learn how this American woman cared for soldiers during the Civil War and started the Red Cross.
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Hector Garcia (with Video)
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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Dalip Singh Saund (with Video)
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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Granville T. Woods
Find out what this African American inventor did that made him the “Black Thomas Edison.”
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