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Rosie Johnson

1900s Irish street trader

Tsuneno

Tsuneno survived famine and three marriages to reinvent herself in 1800s Edo

Leonarda Corlito

20th century Italian immigrant who settled in Boston

Frances LoRusso

20th century Italian immigrant who settled in Boston

Annie White

Annie White made her daring escape from slavery to freedom aboard the Confederate steamer, The Planter in the early hours of May 13, 1862.

In her youth, Anna ventured to the San Juan Islands every summer to fish and hunt with her Alaskan Native family. During one of these visits, she met her future husband, Christopher Rosler, a German immigrant who was a soldier in the U.S. Army stationed at American Camp. They married in 1861 when Anna was fifteen years old. Together, they homesteaded and raised nine children on 160 acres, some of which is now part of San Juan Island National Historical Park.

Shawnadithit

The last known living member of the Beothuk people, indigenous inhabitants of Newfoundland, Canada.

Ham Hop

Ham Hop came to Australia as the wife of a Geelong businessman in 1910. Arriving on a temporary permit under the Immigration Restriction Act, Ham Hop became a cause célèbre as her husband fought for her to be allowed to remain in the country permanently.