Important people

By anna.belue

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Served on a committee of five who drafted the Declaration of Independence.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress.

  • Frederick Douglas

    Frederick Douglas
    Escaped from slavery and went on to become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist.

  • Dorothea Dix

    Dorothea Dix
    Created humane hospitals for the insane.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    President during the Great Depression. Founded the New Deal.

  • Mary McLeod Bethune

    Mary McLeod Bethune
    Founded the National Council of Negro women in 1935.