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Sacagawea

1780 - 1812

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Sacagawea ( SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions. The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early 20th century adopted Sacagawea as a symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to recount her accomplishments. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sacagawea is the 116th most popular explorer (down from 112th in 2019), the 1,686th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Explorer.

Sacagawea is most famous for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sacagawea ranks 116 out of 498. Before her are Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Carsten Niebuhr, and Thomas Cavendish. After her are Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Juan de la Cosa, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Calamity Jane, Lope de Aguirre, and Hugh Glass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Sacagawea ranks 11. Before her are Miloš Obrenović, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Charles Nodier, Jules de Polignac, and Ranjit Singh. After her are Jernej Kopitar, John Forsyth, Mary Somerville, Bernardino Rivadavia, Karl Nesselrode, and Clarke Abel. Among people deceased in 1812, Sacagawea ranks 6. Before her are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pyotr Bagration, Emanuel Schikaneder, Étienne-Louis Malus, and George Clinton. After her are Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Spencer Perceval, and Isaac Titsingh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sacagawea ranks 1,686 out of 20,380. Before her are Loie Fuller (1862), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Mark Harmon (1951), Donna Leon (1942), and Tony Shalhoub (1953). After her are Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Larry King (1933), Liz Cheney (1966), Chyna (1969), Sam Walton (1918), and Kathleen Turner (1954).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Sacagawea ranks 5. Before her are Daniel Boone (1734), William Clark (1770), Richard E. Byrd (1888), and Davy Crockett (1786). After her are Calamity Jane (1852), Hugh Glass (1783), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), George W. De Long (1844), and Simon Fraser (1776).

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