Biographical Highlights
Julia Lathrop was an advocate for the mentally ill, immigrants, equal rights for women, social reform and child welfare. She was appointed to the Illinois Board of Charities (1893-1901) where her...
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Biographical Highlights
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the most influential (and controversial) African Americans in history. Raised the son of a slave mother, Washington was...
Biographical Highlights
Best known as the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, Juliette Gordon Low outgrew the trappings of an upper-class society life to create an organization for young...
Biographical Highlights
Martin Luther King, Jr. came of age during a time when Jim Crow laws reigned supreme, a time when “separate but equal” was the accepted doctrine (Cornell University Law), a time when things...
Definition
The Mayflower Compact, a document signed aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620, set forth principles of tolerance and liberty for the government...
edited by Brea Reimer (2016) from the original by Ashley Cierlak-Lubben (2004)
Definition
Philanthropy is a term often misrepresented and misunderstood by the general public. Although the Merriam-Webster’s Tenth Collegiate Dictionary defines...
Definition
Will Keith ("W.K.") Kellogg (1860-1951) was a poorly paid, hardworking employee of the world-renowned Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan for twenty-six...
Biography
Oseola McCarty was born in Marion County, Mississippi. She lived in Mississippi all of her life. As a young girl, McCarty dreamed of becoming a nurse. However, family duty stood as...
George Washington Carver was a teacher, agricultural scientist and inventor who served Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for forty-seven years. He made many contributions to the world and the environment, including developing revolutionary crop rotation theory that helped conserve land from overuse. He educated and empowered farmers in agricultural techniques, particularly in the American South and founded the Carver Research Foundation.