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Nelson Mandela Birth: July 18, 1918 Hometown/Country: Mvezo, South Africa Profession: President of South Africa |
He is famous for being the 1st black president of South America. He worked to achieve human rights and a better future for everyone in South Africa. |
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Mohandas Gandhi Birth: Oct. 2, 1869 Hometown/Country: Porbandar, India Profession: Peace Activist |
He is famous for holding a non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress against British rule. He changed the world by influencing many people to protest peacefully against gov'ts. |
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Natan Sharansky Birth: Jan. 20, 1948 Hometown/Country: Donetsk, Ukraine Profession: Human Rights Activist |
He is famous for being in the Moscow Helsinki group that monitored human rights activists. He changed the world by founding the zionist forum to help new immigrants to Israel. |
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Mother Teresa Birth: August 26, 1910 Hometown/Country: Skopje, Macedonia Profession: Humanitarian |
She is famous for establishing the Sisters of Charity to assist the poor. She changed the world by inspiring others to do the same thing and help out the poor and sick. |
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Indira Gandhi Birth: November 19, 1917 Hometown/Country: Allahabad, India Profession: 4th Prime Minister of India (politician) |
She is famous for increasing food production through the Green Revolution in India. She changed the world by boosting Indian politics and changed a bit of it and also made people more aware about agriculture. |
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Golda Meir Birth: May 3, 1898 Hometown/Country: Kiev, Ukraine Profession: 4th Prime Minister of Ukraine(politician) |
She is famous for signing Israel's Declaration of Independence, being one out of two women signing it out of 24 men. She changed the world because she was an authoritative figure who was a woman, which was rare in the past to see a woman to be part of the gov't. |
