The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century rules of summer Looking past the "scare" stories

Looking past the "scare" stories to those that enlighten parents and enable them to empower girls

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two revolutionary women drawn together at the dawn of a new era by a singular discovery

For forty crucial days they fought a bloody struggle

On that same cold and snowy night

The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century rules of summer Looking past the "scare" storiesA hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day.