Across
- 1. Mathematician who developed fractal geometry
- 2. South African leader who helped end apartheid and became president
- 6. Civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech
- 7. Philanthropist who secretly saved millions to fund scholarships
- 11. Led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad
- 12. Revolutionized nursing and healthcare during the Crimean War
- 13. Developed the theory of relativity and advanced theoretical physics
- 14. Italian astronomer who championed heliocentrism
- 15. Pioneering physicist and chemist who discovered radium and polonium
- 16. U.S. president who led during the Great Depression and WWII
- 17. Arctic explorer, humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- 20. American polymath, inventor, and Founding Father
- 22. Formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation
- 23. Ancient Alexandrian philosopher and mathematician
Down
- 1. Pakistani activist for girls' education and youngest Nobel laureate
- 2. Missionary known for her humanitarian work in India
- 3. Former slave who became a prominent abolitionist and women’s rights advocate
- 4. Reclusive American poet whose work gained fame posthumously
- 5. Biologist whose book Silent Spring sparked environmental movements
- 8. Founder of Hull House and pioneer of social work in the U.S.
- 9. Philosopher and mathematician known for “I think, therefore I am”
- 10. Korean monarch who invented the Hangul alphabet
- 18. Liberated much of South America from Spanish rule
- 19. Leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement
- 21. U.S. president who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery