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