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Harriet Tubman

1820 - 1913

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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harriet Tubman is the 55th most popular social activist (up from 99th in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from United States (up from 857th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Social Activist.

Harriet Tubman is most famous for her work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Harriet Tubman ranks 55 out of 840. Before her are Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sakamoto Ryōma, Pheidippides, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, and Hassan al-Banna. After her are Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, Frantz Fanon, Dominique Pire, Syed Ahmad Khan, and Kim Hyong-jik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Harriet Tubman ranks 8. Before her are Florence Nightingale, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Herbert Spencer, Nadar, William John Macquorn Rankine, and Anne Brontë. After her are Henri, Count of Chambord, Edmond Becquerel, Henri Vieuxtemps, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Among people deceased in 1913, Harriet Tubman ranks 7. Before her are Ferdinand de Saussure, Rudolf Diesel, Menelik II, Alfred Russel Wallace, George I of Greece, and J. P. Morgan. After her are Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, Alfred von Schlieffen, and August Bebel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harriet Tubman ranks 535 out of 20,380. Before her are David Morse (1953), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Richard Widmark (1914), Sean Penn (1960), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), and Gertrude Stein (1874). After her are Joe Frazier (1944), Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), Kim Basinger (1953), Sarah Vaughan (1924), and Daniel Boone (1734).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Harriet Tubman ranks 9. Before her are Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Emily Greene Balch (1867), and Margaret Sanger (1879). After her are Angela Davis (1944), Jody Williams (1950), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jane Addams (1860), Lee Radziwill (1933), and John Brown (1800).

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