Tuesday, October 15, 2013

-Betty Williams cofounder of community of peace people, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976
-Emmeline Pankhurst born July 14, 1888. Married Richard Pankhurst. Arrested for hunger strikes. 1913, government passed the Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners were released. Died after British women were granted rights.
-Helena Rubinstein 1953 established the Helena Rubinstein Foundation that provided funds to organizations specializing in health, rehabilitation and medical research.
Edward Jenner. Began studying research on surgery when he was 14. Moved back to hometown and began putting pus in small children to cure them and it did work. Made the word vaccine.

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