manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Ryu Gwansun (South Korea, 1902 – 1920) A Korean resistance leader during the Japanese occupation, her parents were killed by Japanese soldiers at a protest. She organized protests and carried a smuggled copy of the Declaration of Independence. Previous Post Discord Twitter Instagram
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Mala Zimetbaum
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Mala Zimetbaum (Belgium, 1919 -1944) Mala Zimetbaum also Malka Zimetbaum or Mala the Belgian was a Belgian Jewess known for being the first prisoner who managed to escape from the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Previous Post Discord Twitter Instagram
Andrei Sakharov
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Andrei Sakharov (Russia, 1921 – 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel laureate, and activist for disarmament, peace and human rights. He became renowned as the designer of the Soviet Union’s RDS-37, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. Sakharov later became… Continue reading Andrei Sakharov
Grigori Rasputin
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Grigori Rasputin (Russia, 1869 – 1916) was a mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late Imperial Russia. Rasputin was born to a peasant family in the Siberian village of… Continue reading Grigori Rasputin
Jean-Michel Basquiat
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Jean-Michel Basquiat (USA, 1960 – 1988) was an American artist who first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al Diaz, writing enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the late 1970s, where rap, punk, and street… Continue reading Jean-Michel Basquiat
Florence Nightingale
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Florence Nightingale (United Kingdom, 1820 – 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organized care for wounded soldiers at… Continue reading Florence Nightingale
Salgueiro Maia
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Salgueiro Maia (Portugal, 1944 – 1992) In 1974, Salgueiro Maia was one of the captains of the Portuguese Army who led the revolutionary forces during the Carnation Revolution, which resulted in the fall of the ruling dictatorship. As a young captain stationed at Santarém, who… Continue reading Salgueiro Maia
Alexandra David-Néel
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Alexandra David-Néel Born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David (Bélgica, 1868 – 1969) was an explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about… Continue reading Alexandra David-Néel
Amelia Earhart
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Amelia Earhart (USA, 1897 – 1939) – She was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote… Continue reading Amelia Earhart
Wangari Maathai
manifesto story team index roadmap projects we support FAQs X Wangari Maathai (Kenya, 1940 – 2011) – was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She went on to become the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy,… Continue reading Wangari Maathai