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.