Whos who quiz Flashcards
Frederick Douglass
Location: US
Date: c. 1850
- Leader of abolitionist movement in the US, and basically proved there was NO intellectual basis for slavery
- Writer and speaker pn human rights (African American, Women, Indigenous, Immigrant rights)
- First African American to be nominated for VP (without his knowledge!)
Fidel Castro
Location: Cuba
Dates: c. 1990 (d. 2016)
- Revolutionary and leader of Cuba during Cold War
- Admired by some for Cuban nationalism and standing up against bigger world powers (US)
Margaret Sanger
Location: US
Date: c. 1920
- Sex Educator and Birth control activist
- Seen as a pioneer in reproductive rights and Planned Parenthood organizations
- Forced to spend time in “exile” in UK
Shaka Zulu
Location: South Africa
Date: c. 1820
- King of Zulu Kingdom who consolidated empire and led resistance against European colonists
- Revolutionized technology for Zulu warriors
Pol Pot
Location: Cambodia
Date: c. 1978
- Leader of the Khmer Rouge (communist movement) in Cambodia and after a period of chaos and revolution, created a one party state
- 2 million - 25% of population died which led to his rule being called the “Genocidal Regime”
- Overthrown in 1979
Harriet Tubman
Location: US
Date: c. 1850
- Escaped slavery and went to lead atleast 13 rescue missions to help other slaves escape using the Underground Railroad to Canada
- Scout and Spy for the Union Army
- Icon of courage and freedom
Charles Darwin
Location: England
Date: c. 1850
- Wrote “On the Origin of Species” which makes him the father of Evolutionary Theory
- Consequences led to science vs. religion conflict largely based around the Western concept of their origin story
Queen Elizabeth I
Location: England
Date: c. 1600
- Queen of England who led the nation to a “Golden Age” of relative stability
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Location: New Zealand/Nepal
Date: c. 1953
- First two men to summit Mt. Everest
- Hillary was an adventurer, Norgay was a Sherpa: A local ethnic group who often acted as guides and experts in mountaineering
Margaret Thatcher “The Iron Lady”
Location: UK
Date: c. 1980
- First woman to be prime minister of the UK, and longest PM of the 20th century
Rachel Carson
Location: US
Date: c. 1960
- Conservationist and author who was a pioneer in environmentalism
- Her book “Silent Spring” is sometimes credited as the true beginning of the movement, as it led to the creation of the USEPA
Florence Nightingale
Location: UK
Date: c. 1850
- Founder of modern nursing profession
- Rose to fame during Crimean Warm during which her care of wounded soldiers and nurse training set a new standard (hygiene)
- Established first school of nursing
George Elliot Clarke
Location: Canada
Date: Current
- Celebrated Canadian poet
- Poet laureate for Toronto and for Canadian Parliament
- Appointed to the order of Canada
Ruth Badger Ginsberg
Location: USA
Date: d. Sept. 2020
- Second woman elected to the US supreme court
- Consistently recognized as one of the most influential American voices through her career
Robert Mugabe
Location: Zimbabwe
Date: c. 2000
- Hero of African independence and leader of independent Zimbabwe
- Seen as a hero by some and a tyrant by others
- Led for 37 years
- At first positive, but then increasingly brutal
