Mary Berenson

An authority on art history herself, Mary Berenson is believed to have significantly contributed to the work of her husband, art historian Bernard Berenson.

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Sarah Keys

Sarah Keys, a young, Black soldier serving at Fort Dix, New Jersey, took a stand against racial injustice changed interstate transportation in 1952.

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Anna Reinhart

Anna Reinhart was a young woman of Zürich known for her exceptional beauty who secretly married one John von Knonau in 1504 after his father forbade their relationship.

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Jeanne de Jussie

Jeanne de Jussie’s Short Chronicle (1535) is an eyewitness account by the nun Jeanne de Jussie (l. 1503-1561) relating how the Protestant Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland, impacted the lives of the sisters of her convent of Poor Clares.

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