Who, as a Jewish girl in hiding, wrote a world-famous diary?
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Anne Frank
She hid in a house in Amsterdam and died in the Bergen-Belsen camp.
💡 Did you know? Her diary has been translated into more than 70 languages.
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Who is the Pakistani activist and youngest Nobel Peace laureate?
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Malala Yousafzai
She fights for girls' right to education and survived a Taliban assassination attempt.
💡 Did you know? At 17 she was the youngest laureate ever.
Who, together with her husband Oskar, saved many Jews from the Holocaust?
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Emilie Schindler
Her role in saving the 'Schindler Jews' was long overshadowed by her husband.
💡 Did you know? She provided food and medicine to persecuted workers in the factory.
Who, in the 1955 USA, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger?
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Rosa Parks
Her protest sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
💡 Did you know? She is called the 'mother of the civil rights movement'.
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Who handed out anti-Nazi leaflets in the 'White Rose' resistance and was executed in 1943?
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Sophie Scholl
With her brother Hans she belonged to the Munich resistance group.
💡 Did you know? She was only 21 when she died.
Who described her 20-year imprisonment in Morocco in the book 'Stolen Lives'?
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Malika Oufkir
As a general's daughter she was imprisoned after his failed coup.
💡 Did you know? The family managed a spectacular escape.
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Who escaped slavery and led many to freedom via the 'Underground Railroad'?
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Harriet Tubman
The US abolitionist also served as a spy in the Civil War.
💡 Did you know? Her portrait was announced for the 20-dollar bill in 2016, but it has not happened yet.
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Who was the socialist theorist and revolutionary, murdered in 1919?
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Rosa Luxemburg
She co-founded the Communist Party of Germany.
💡 Did you know? 'Freedom is always the freedom of those who think differently' is attributed to her.
Who, as a Swedish student, started the global climate movement 'Fridays for Future'?
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Greta Thunberg
Her school strike for climate inspired millions of young people.
💡 Did you know? She began alone with a sign outside the Swedish parliament.
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Who led Britain's militant suffragette movement for women's right to vote?
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Her campaigns were pivotal in winning women the vote.
💡 Did you know? She was jailed repeatedly and went on hunger strike.
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Who was the formerly enslaved US preacher known for the speech 'Ain't I a Woman?'?
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Sojourner Truth
She campaigned for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights.
💡 Did you know? She could neither read nor write, yet gave rousing speeches.
Who was the Kenyan environmental activist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Wangari Maathai
Her 'Green Belt' movement planted millions of trees.
💡 Did you know? She linked environmental protection with women's rights and democracy.
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