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Sacajawea
Native American Sacagawea begins serving as a guide for Lewis and Clark expedition -
Ellen Craft
Ellen Craft escapes slavery by posing as a white male -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman leads black slaves into the North by way of the Underground Railroad -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Breecher Stowe publishes book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which helps slave owners realize their crulties. -
Women Voters
Women become allowed to vote in the United States. -
Helen Keller
Helen Keller a women who defied all the odds (being born deaf and blind) graduates from college -
Titanic sinks
Molly Brown survives the sinking of the Titanic, the unsinkable ship