Historical Characters
(Some characters are not listed due to space.
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THE PRESIDENCY
Martha Washington, Consort of General Washington and America's first First Lady
Mary Todd Lincoln, Widow of Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president who ushered the nation into the 20th century.
Edith Roosevelt, Wife of Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S.Truman, 33rd president of the United States, oversaw victory of Allied Forces in World War II
John Adams, 2nd President of the United States
Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and Revolutionary Mother
COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
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Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress
General Cornwallis, British commander who surrendered at Yorktown
Eliza Hamilton, wife of Alexander Hamilton
George Wythe, signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights forerunner of the US Constitution
Jane Vobe, femme sol Tavern Keeper
Archibald Cary, Chairman of the committee that produced the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Elisha James, impoverished citizen of Williamsburg and receiver of public assistance
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Margaret Ryan, Arsenal Worker (Richmond, VA)
Catharine Armstrong, Arsenal worker (Fayetteville, NC)
Union or Confederate Surgeon
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SUFFERAGE AND ABOLITION
Susan B. Anthony, Suffragist
Lucy Stone, abolitionist and Suffragist
Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for President of the US
Frederick Douglas, formerly enslaved writer, abolitionist, statesman, and orator
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WORLD WAR I AND II
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Grace Banker, WWI "Hello Girl" U.S. Army Signal Corps telephone operator
Dorothy Tully, WWII Entertainment Director of the Williamsburg USO
Harry Doust, WWII Air Raid Warden of Yorktown
"Wendy the Welder," WWII civilian war worker at Newport News Shipyard
Martha Gellhorn war correspondent and 3rd wife of Earnest Hemingway
Captain Kirkpatrick, in charge of Naval Mine Depot in WWII
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