Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008) was a Russian novelist, historian and political prisoner. Being an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union, he helped shed the light on Gulag labor camp prisons.
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Türkan Saylan (1935 – 2009) was born in Istanbul and is one of the first female dermatologists in Turkey. Saylan fought against leprosy for...
Arndt Pekurinen (1905-1941) was a Finnish pacifist who lived the way he preached. Pekurinen lived for peace and his actions for refusing to take...
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular thanks to her courage to challenge society at the time. Not only...