Collection Unsung Heroes from ARTEFFECT

Isabella Aiona Abbott, Ethnobotanist

(1919 - 2010)

Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator

(1799 - 1888)

Mary Anning, Paleontologist

(1799 - 1847)

Virginia Apgar, Physician

(1909 - 1974)

Katherine Buckner Avery, Public Health Nurse

(1896 - 1982)

Dr. Karl Ernst von Baer, Embryologist

(1792 - 1876)

Emile Berliner, Inventor

(1851 - 1929)

Mary Bickerdyke, Nurse

(1817 - 1901)

Emily Newell Blair, Civil Rights Activist

(1877 - 1951)

Dr. Norman Borlaug, Agriculturalist

(1914 - 2009)

James Braidwood, Firefighter

(1800 - 1861)

Dorothy Buell, Environmental Activist

(1886 - 1977)

Eugene Wilson Caldwell, Engineer and Innovator

(1870 - 1918)

Elizabeth Catlett, Artist and Activist

(1915 - 2012)

Dr. Eugenie Clark, Ichthyologist

(1992 - 2015)

Jerrie Cobb, Aviator

(1931 - 2019)

Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Activist

(b. 1939)

Martin Couney, Medical Pioneer

(1869 - 1950)

Will Counts, Photojournalist

(1931 - 2001)

Emma Darling Cushman, Humanitarian Nurse

(1863 - 1930)

Jonathan Daniels, Seminarian Activist

(1939 - 1965)

Annie Bell Robinson Devine, Civil Rights Activist

(1912 - 2000)

Dion Diamond, Civil Rights Activist

(b. 1941)

Dr. Charles Drew, Medical Researcher

(1904 - 1950)

Dr. Gunnar Dybwad, Disability Advocate

(1909 - 2001)

Dr. Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist

(b. 1935)

Jane Elliott, Educator

(b. 1933)

Mitsuye Endo, Civil Rights Activist

(1920 - 2006)

Olaudah Equiano, Abolitionist and Author

(1745 - 1797)

Lt. James Reese Europe, Conductor

(1880 - 1919)

Barbara Fassbinder, Nurse and AIDS Activist

(1953 - 1994)

Caroline Ferriday, Humanitarian

(1902 - 1990)

Autherine Lucy Foster, Civil Rights Activist

(1929 - 2022)

Terry Fox, Athlete and Humanitarian

(1958 - 1981)

Therese Frare, Photojournalist

(b. 1958)

Varian Fry, Journalist

(1907 - 1967)

Sarah Bradlee Fulton, American Revolutionary

(1740 - 1835)

Cpl. Guy Gabaldon, U.S. Marine Scout / World War II

(1926 - 2006)

Dr. Kadambini Ganguly, Physician

(1861 - 1923)

Mother Matylda Getter, Catholic Nun and Social Worker

(1870 - 1968)

Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, Caregiver

(1924 - 2020)

Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Teacher

(1827 - 1901)

Dr. Christine Grant, Coach and Women's Rights Activist

(1936 - 2021)

Kim Hak-sun, Human Rights Activist

(1924 - 1997)

Col. Gail Halvorsen, Pilot

(1920 - 2022)

Cordelia Harvey, Civil War Nurse

(1824 - 1895)

Bela Ya'ari Hazan, Courier

(1922 - 2004)

Douglas Hegdahl, Navy Sailor

(b. 1946)

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, Activist

(1924 - 2018)

Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Pioneer

(1947 - 2023)

ARTEFFECT

Collection: Unsung Heroes