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Who wrote the words of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and introduced the idea of Mother's Day?
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What British social reformer was a leader of a philosophical movement called theosophy? She also was a prominent figure in India's struggle for independence from Britain.
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Who was the first ordained woman minister in the United States?
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Who was the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States government?
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Who was among the first American women to earn a college degree in geology? She helped her husband translate a book written in the 1500's from Latin to English.
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Who do literary critics consider to be America's first important poet? She is best known for The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, a collection of her poems.
