SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Grace Sherwood

1660 - 1740

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Grace White Sherwood (1660–1740), called the Witch of Pungo, is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, she was accused by her neighbors of transforming herself into a cat, damaging crops, and causing the death of livestock. She was charged with witchcraft several times. The court ordered that Sherwood's guilt or innocence be determined by ducking her in water. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace Sherwood is the 416th most popular social activist (up from 443rd in 2019), the 5,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,579th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Grace Sherwood ranks 416 out of 840. Before her are Virginia Bolten, Azucena Villaflor, Kōtoku Shūsui, Alice Paul, Peter Arshinov, and Lester R. Brown. After her are Alfreda Markowska, Romas Kalanta, Frances Ames, Mahmoud Taleghani, Marina Oswald Porter, and Evelyn Mase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Grace Sherwood ranks 20. Before her are Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Arnold Houbraken, and Jakob Prandtauer. After her are Francis Hauksbee, Gavriil Golovkin, Peter Schenk the Elder, Jeanne Dumée, and Edward Lhuyd. Among people deceased in 1740, Grace Sherwood ranks 19. Before her are Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Pietro Ottoboni, Vincent Lübeck, Ephraim Chambers, and Mastani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grace Sherwood ranks 5,722 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Keohane (1941), John Stamos (1963), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Robert Darnton (1939), Raymond Cruz (1961), and Don Felder (1947). After her are Jon Postel (1943), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Patti LuPone (1949), Joe E. Tata (1936), Mike Porcaro (1955), and Marion Davies (1897).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Grace Sherwood ranks 53. Before her are Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Alice Paul (1885), and Lester R. Brown (1934). After her are Huey P. Newton (1942), Claudette Colvin (1939), Nat Turner (1800), Afeni Shakur (1947), Otto Warmbier (1994), and Anna Louise Strong (1885).

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