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Metals chemist and Women's Army Corps officer; worked on the Manhattan Project: University of Chicago professor; lived and died in Chicago [4] Cynthia Bathurst: Mathematician and animal welfare advocate [5] Jacob Bolotin: Jan 3, 1888: Apr 1, 1924: First totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine [6] Sophonisba P. Breckinridge ...
It was the Dutch novelist Theun de Vries who added Hannie Schaft's last words as a poetic license in his book The Girl With the Red Hair (Het meisje met het rode haar, 1956). On 27 November 1945, Schaft was reburied in a state funeral at the Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal .
Marius Jansen (1922–2000), American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University. Herman Melville (1819–1891), author and poet, wrote Moby Dick [3] Milton J. Nieuwsma (born 1941), author, film writer and producer; Erwin Timmers (born 1964), Dutch-American environmental "green artist", glass ...
22 Famous Women in History You Need to Learn About ASAP. Leah Marilla Thomas, Katherine J Igoe. February 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM. ... Chicago History Museum - Getty Images. Leslee Udwin.
According to 2021 US Census data, 3,083,041 [1] Americans self-reported to be of (partial) Dutch ancestry, while 884,857 [2] Americans claimed full Dutch heritage. 2,969,407 Dutch Americans were native born in 2021, while 113,634 Dutch Americans were foreign-born, of which 61.5% was born in Europe and 62,9% entered the United States before 2000.
Chicago Women's Hall of Fame Inductees Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement; Jane Addams (1860–1935) 1988 Social Reform [2] Phyllis L. Apelbaum (1940–) 1989 Business [3] Juliann Bluitt (1938–2019) 1991 [4] Health [5] Abena Joan Brown (1928–2015) [6] 1991 Arts [7] Minnie Lightfoot Bruce: 1990 Religion [8] Margaret Burroughs ...
Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (10 or 16 April 1616 – 2 July 1633), nicknamed De Groote Meid ('The Tall Girl'), is alleged to be the tallest woman in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet [1] or 2.60 metres (8 ft 6.75 in) [2] tall at the time of her death at age seventeen. Trijntje Keever was the daughter of Cornelis Keever and Anna ...
Dutch people who are famous or notable include: ... Geert Mak (born 1946), writer of history books; Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), novelist; Multatuli (1820–1887 ...