Ella Baker

Ella Baker

female, deceased (1986)
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986) was an African American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s....
Grace Abbott

Grace Abbott

female, deceased (1939)
Grace Abbott (November 17, 1878 - June 19, 1939) was an American social worker who specifically worked in advancing child welfare. Her older sister...
Lloyd Monserratt

Lloyd Monserratt

male, deceased (2003)
Lloyd Monserratt, was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest son of Ecuadorian immigrants Carlos and Olga Monserratt. His father was an...
Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

male, 21 years old (United States)
1874 I was born on August 10 in West Branch, Iowa. 1891 I entered Stanford University. Graduated in 1895 with a degree in geology. i was also the...
Kim Bobo

Kim Bobo

female
Kim Bobo is a religious and workers' rights activist, and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice. She is widely quoted in newspapers and...
Juanita Tate

Juanita Tate

female, deceased (2004)
Juanita Tate (1938 - July 5, 2004) was a community activist who advocated green space for the poor citizens of South Los Angeles, California. She...
Jill Stein

Jill Stein

female
Jill Stein (J-Lexington) is a physician and Green-Rainbow Party activist residing in Lexington, Massachusetts. She serves on the boards of Greater...
Ellen Gates Starr

Ellen Gates Starr

female, deceased (1940)
Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940) US social reformer and activist. Starr was born in Laona, Illinois and was a student at the Rockford Female Seminary...
Joe Szakos

Joe Szakos

male
Joe Szakos started the Virginia Organizing Project in 1995. He has experience organizing both rural and urban communities. Szakos worked...
Michael Gecan

Michael Gecan

male
Michael Gecan is a community organizer in New York affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation. He was trained in part by Saul Alinsky. He is...