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Sarah Winnemucca

1844 - 1891

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Sarah Hopkins (née Winnemucca; c. 1844 – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates as "Shell Flower." Sarah Winnemucca was born near Humboldt Lake, Nevada, into an influential Northern Paiute family who led their community in pursuing friendly relations with the arriving groups of Anglo-American settlers. She was the daughter of Chief Winnemucca of the Paiute nation and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. At 16, Sarah studied at a Catholic school in San Jose, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Sarah Winnemucca is the 6,272nd most popular writer (up from 6,515th in 2024), the 11,300th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,411th in 2019) and the 826th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 6,272 out of 7,302. Before her are Edwin Arlington Robinson, Miklós Haraszti, Andrzej Stasiuk, Robert B. Sherman, Margaret Drabble, and John Seigenthaler. After her are Stephen Glass, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Brené Brown, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, and Henry Vaughan.

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Among people born in 1844, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 112. Before her are Mary Katharine Brandegee, Lorenzo Latorre, Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Josip Jurčič, Joan Röell, and Amalie Materna. After her are Adolphus Greely, Charlotte Despard, William Forsell Kirby, and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1891, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 111. Before her are Charles Bradlaugh, Giovanni Caselli, Edwin Long, Alphonso Taft, George Hearst, and David Dixon Porter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 11,302 out of 20,380. Before her are John Seigenthaler (1927), Don Muraco (1949), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Carmelo Anthony (1984), Kevin Nealon (1953), and Johnny Gaudreau (1993). After her are Diana Scarwid (1955), Sheldon Leonard (1907), Wiz Khalifa (1987), Lillian Disney (1899), Carole Bayer Sager (1947), and Stephen Glass (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 826. Before her are August Wilson (1945), Judith Merril (1923), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Robert B. Sherman (1925), and John Seigenthaler (1927). After her are Stephen Glass (1972), Brené Brown (1965), Charles Eastman (1858), Jack McDevitt (1935), Bayard Taylor (1825), and John Toll (1952).

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