After dropping out of the eighth grade to support his family during the Great Depression, Cesar Chavez became an activist for migrant farm workers improving wages, hours and living conditions.

Henry Hudson was a sea-faring explorer and ship’s captain who made multiple unsuccessful attempts to find new routes to Asia and the Indies, but made numerous discoveries that bear his namesake like the Hudson river in New York, Hudson Bay in Canada, and more.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a record-breaking track and field athlete, olympian, professional golfer, musician, and undeniably one of the most talented people in history.

The richest and most famous female artist of 19th century France, Marie-Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur spent the last forty years of her life entrenched in her small chateau above the Seine River town of Thomery.

From gentleman volunteer with Christopher Columbus to Governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de Leon would claim Florida for Spain and ultimately die in a battle with natives.

Known as the first female computer programmer, Ada Lovelace was educated in math and science, mentored by inventor Charles Babbage, and creator of loops in software.

Nicknamed the magician of San Francisco, William Chapman Ralston made and ultimately lost immense fortunes before his untimely and controversial death.