2013 05 02 a well informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy

Contributions to Democracy

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was born
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    He signed the declaration of Independence
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Became 6th president of the US.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson became president
  • Dorothea Dix

    Dorothea Dix
    She established an elementary school in her grandmothers home
  • Frederick Douglas

    Frederick Douglas
    He wrote an autobiography and described his life as a slave.
  • Mary Mcleod Bethune

    Mary Mcleod Bethune
    She began teaching at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in Augusta, Georgia.
  • Mary McLeod Bethune

    Mary McLeod Bethune
    Worked on FDR's presidental campaign
  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    Franklin D Roosevelt
    FDR became president for his first term