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Rosa Luxemborg

Rosa Luxemburg was born in March 1871 in Poland. At the time Poland was controlled by the Russian Empire. She was the youngest of five children, born to a lower middle-class Jewish family. Her father was a timber merchant and her mother was descended from a notable...

Samantha Smith

Samantha was born in Maine, United States and lived during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In November 1982, Yuri Andropov became leader of the Soviet Union. It was during this time that Samantha, aged ten in December 1982, decided to...

Scarlett Curtis

My first introduction to Scarlett Curtis came through her brilliant anthology ‘Feminists Don’t Wear Pink & other lies’. That book helped to kickstart my feminist journey in a purposeful way, so I am thrilled to be able to share a little more of...

Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh (1876-1948) was the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. The Queen allowed her residence in Hampton Court, Faraday House. Sophia descended from Indian royalty. Her grandfather, Ranjit Singh ruled the North of India from 1801 to 1839....

Sophie Scholl

Full Name: Sophie Magdalena Scholl Birth Date: 9 May 1921 Death Date : 22 February 1943 Location: The Walhalla Temple, Walhalla Strasse 48, Germany Monument Type: Monument/Memorial “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing...

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