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Mary Church Terrell
Humanitarian & Peace
2
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Mary Church Terrell

Mary Eliza Church Terrell
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1863 โ€“ 1954 (90 years old)

Pioneering civil rights and women's suffrage champion who served as the first national president of the National Association of Colored Women, co-founded the NAACP, and won the landmark 1953 Supreme Court case desegregating restaurants in Washington, D.C.

Suitland (Maryland), United States
Charles Gates Dawes
Humanitarian & Peace
4
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,060

Charles Gates Dawes

Charles Gates Dawes
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
27 August 1865 โ€“ 23 April 1951 (85 years old)

Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker, general, diplomat, and 30th Vice President of the United States (1925โ€“1929). As head of the Allied Reparations Committee in 1924, he drafted the 'Dawes Plan', which ended the hyperinflation crisis in Weimar Germany, stabilized European finances, and prompted the French withdrawal from the Ruhr, earning the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.

Chicago, Illinois, United States
John Heinrich Detlef Rabe
Humanitarian & Peace
6
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,490

John Heinrich Detlef Rabe

John Heinrich Detlef Rabe
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
23 November 1882 โ€“ 5 January 1950 (67 years old)

John Rabe was a German businessman and Siemens director who led the establishment of the Nanking Safety Zone during the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Using his status as a Nazi Party member and his swastika armband to confront rampaging Imperial Japanese troops, Rabe and his committee provided food, shelter, and medical sanctuary that saved more than 250,000 Chinese civilians from slaughter.

Berlin / Nanjing, Germany
Elsa Brandstrom
Humanitarian & Peace
1
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Elsa Brandstrom

Elsa Brandstrom
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Empire
1888 โ€“ 1948 (59 years old)

Swedish nurse and humanitarian celebrated across Europe as the 'Angel of Siberia' for single-handedly organizing medical relief, food, and salvation for hundreds of thousands of German and Austrian prisoners of war in Siberian camps during World War I.

Solna (Stockholm), Sweden
Nicholas Murray Butler
Humanitarian & Peace
4
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,060

Nicholas Murray Butler

Nicholas Murray Butler
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
2 April 1862 โ€“ 7 December 1947 (85 years old)

Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, educator, and political advisor who served as President of Columbia University for forty-three years (1902โ€“1945). As the trusted confidant of Andrew Carnegie, he was the founding trustee and longtime President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sharing the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Jane Addams.

Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Mabel Thorp Boardman
Humanitarian & Peace
5
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,040

Mabel Thorp Boardman

Mabel Thorp Boardman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
12 October 1860 โ€“ 17 March 1946 (85 years old)

Mabel Thorp Boardman was an American philanthropist and civic organizer who led the total administrative reorganization of the American Red Cross under a federal congressional charter in 1905. Serving as the organization's de facto executive leader for over four decades, she transformed the Red Cross from a small volunteer group into a massive, professionally funded national disaster relief agency.

Washington, D.C., United States
Henri Marie La Fontaine
Humanitarian & Peace
4
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,040

Henri Marie La Fontaine

Henri Marie La Fontaine
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
22 April 1854 โ€“ 14 May 1943 (89 years old)

Henri La Fontaine was an eminent Belgian international jurist, senator, and bibliographer who served as President of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to 1943. Co-founder of the International Institute of Bibliography and creator of the Mundaneum with Paul Otlet, he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize for his organizational leadership of the global peace movement.

Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
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