Famous People

6. American poet, often called the father of free verse.
8. A Scottish immigrant who became the publisher3 of the New York Herald
12. A religious leader who brought the Shakers to America from England.
16. American abolitionist, known for founding the anti-slavery newspaper, the liberator.
18. A free black man who owned a farm and was self-educated in astronomy and mathematics.
19. An enslaved man who led a rebellion which led to a massacre of 200 black people.

1. Religious leader who founded the Mormonism and LDS movement.
2. American scientist, known for her understanding of the metabolic underpinnings of stem cell fate.
3. A woman born into slavery who went on to help slaves escape and fought for the Union Army in the civil war.
4. led the transcendentalist movement and was seen as the champion of individualism.
5. A woman born into slavery who endured sexual abuse until she escaped and wrote a book about her experience.
7. Second president of the LDS church
9. New York physician, known for his study of prostitution, and for blaming men for women becoming prostitutes.
10. A free black woman, known for her autobiography.
11. An abolitionist who wrote the pamphlet Appeal.
13. A woman who spoke about women's rights and abolitionism at conventions and in front of the Massachusetts legislature.
14. A female education activist who founded the first school for women to receive a higher education.
15. American educator who was the first American advocate of public education.
17. American writer and poet, known for his stories of mystery and macabre.