Noor Inayat Khan defied expectations from the start. Fluent in both French and English, with Indian-American roots, she wasn’t the cookie-cutter prototype of her U.K. born peers when she joined the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE) spy agency at the height of World War II.
Frances Perkins: Architect of the New Deal
It was her, after all, who gave Roosevelt a list of conditions she expected to be met before becoming his incoming Secretary of Labor in 1933. These conditions included a minimum wage, unemployment benefits, a 40-hour work week, the abolition of child labor, social security, a public services employment program, and nation-wide health care coverage.
Fannie M. Richards: Detroit’s First Black School Teacher
“Needless to say, moving to Detroit wasn’t for the faint of heart. Any African-American choosing to build roots there in 1863 would have to be tough, resilient, smart, and courageous. Fannie Richards was all that and more.”
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Most of what we know about history lies at the surface, but the intricate truths of it live on in the roots.
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