People in History Unit 19&20

(1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

• Helen Keller

• Beatrix Potter

• Ruby Bridges

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

Is a Mexican-American artist and illustrator who felt her work could combat racism by creating positive images of Mexican-American families.

• Beatrix Potter

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Clara Barton

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

is a Los Angeles–based painter, illustrator, and author who is best known for his paintings featured on the covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers for musical artist.

• Michael Dell

• Cyrus McCormick

• Kadir Nelson

• Tomie dePaola

was an American writer known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood on the American frontier in a pioneer family.

• Tomie dePaola

• Ruby Bridges

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 250 children's books such as Strega Nona. He received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to American children's literature in 2011.

• Tomie dePaola

• Jonas Salk

• Kadir Nelson

• Cyrus McCormick

Used her money and supplies to treat Civil War soldiers. She helped establish nursing as a skilled profession and founded the American Red Cross.

• Ruby Bridges

• Clara Barton

• Harriet Tubman

• Tomie dePaola

Political activist and advocate for women's rights, worker's rights, and research for the American Foundation for the Blind.

• Ruby Bridges

• Beatrix Potter

• Hellen Keller

• Clara Barton

The first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school. She demonstrated courage highlighting the inequality of public schools at the time.

• Harriet Tubman

• Tabitha Jones

• Beatrix Potter

• Ruby Bridges

The first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school. She demonstrated courage highlighting the inequality of public schools at the time.

• Ruby Bridges

• Harriet Tubman

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Kadir Nelson

This children's book author and naturalist was born in England in 1866 and left over 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust for wildlife preservation

• Helen Keller

• Beatrix Potter

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Laura Ingalls Wilder