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Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Scientists: J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Often referred to as the "father of the atomic bomb", physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer directed atomic bomb development at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. The top-secret work at Los Alamos culminated in Trinity, the world's first successful nuclear test on July 16, 1945. Learn more about Oppenheimer's role in developing the atomic bomb at the link.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Moses Cone
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The son of an immigrant, Moses Cone worked his way up from a traveling peddler to one of the nation's leading industrialists.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899-1990)
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Anna Arnold Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century’s most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice . We honor her as an ancestor for shattering glass ceilings imposed on her by her race and gender.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 -1947) began her career as a national women’s rights activist when she addressed the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 at their national convention in Washington DC. She quickly became a dedicated writer, lecturer, and recruiter for the suffrage movement. She also worked for peace and was a co-founder of the League of Women Voters.
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Frances Perkins was by far one of the most important women of her generation. In 1932, her long and distinguished career as a social worker and New York State Industrial Commissioner took an important turn for American women, and for the country as a whole, when she was appointed U.S. Secretary of Labor, the first woman ever to be included in a president's cabinet.
Boston National Historical Park
Pauline Agassiz Shaw
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Known for her generous philanthropy, Pauline Agassiz Shaw invested in education, immigrant communities, reform groups, and women’s suffrage. Supporting more than 30 schools in addition to social service institutions in the Greater Boston area, Shaw “put something better than money into her work: she put her heart and soul into it.”
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
The Saylesville Massacre and American Tradition
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Protest is fundamentally American. People have expressed dissent through protests from the early years of the American Revolution. A legacy of American protest is still alive and well today. But how do we reckon with a protest that ends in violence? At Blackstone River Valley NHP, rangers have worked with community members to explore the complex legacies of violence that haunt local landscapes. This essay by Ranger Mark takes a closer look at a 1934 strike and its impact.
Boston National Historical Park
Alice Stone Blackwell
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A revolutionary social activist, Alice Stone Blackwell played a significant role in women's suffrage movement. Blackwell served as a leader in the Boston and Massachusetts movements, and she raised her voice nationally through her work as editor of "The Woman's Journal." She also participated in other 20th century social justice issues that defended the civil rights and liberties of others.
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Fort Ontario is a historic military installation located in Oswego, New York. From 1944 to 1946, it served as the only shelter in the United States for Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust.
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Madison Square Garden (1925), also known as MSG III, was an arena in New York City that operated from 1925 until 1968. MSG III was the site of several major political events where Jewish Americans spoke out against the Nazi government in Germany and its antisemitic goals. At the arena, American Jews wielded economic pressure against the regime, took direct action against fascism, and raised awareness about the victims of the Nazis’ murderous campaign.
Boston National Historical Park
Jennie Loitman Barron
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Later recognized as a trailblazing lawyer and judge, Jennie Loitman Barron advocated for women’s suffrage as a prolific orator during college and the early years of her career.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Chapel on the Hill
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the history of the Chapel on the Hill, an army chapel built for Manhattan Project workers in 1943.
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This lesson is part of a series teaching about the World War II home front, with Paterson, New Jersey, an American World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains photographs and newspaper articles to contribute to learners’ understandings about the home front contributions of women in Paterson. Women worked and served in many ways in Paterson during World War II. The lesson does not cover all roles and specifically focuses on paid war industry work and service.
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This lesson is part of a series teaching about the World War II home front, with Paterson, New Jersey an American World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains readings and photos about how youth volunteered and contributed to home front war efforts. This included participation in the Junior Red Cross, collecting and making items for soldiers or humanitarian efforts, supporting material drives, and helping raise money in campaigns, such as for the United Jewish Appeal.
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The artist Lee Krasner (1908-1984) created a strikingly diverse body of work, ranging in style from realism to cubism to abstract expressionism, and in form from paintings to collages to mosaics. The home Krasner once shared with her husband, fellow artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1994.
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Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889-1957) was a psychiatrist who advocated for intensive interpersonal psychotherapy for all patients - including those her colleagues considered too difficult to treat. Her cottage in Rockville, Maryland, was designated as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 2021, recognizing Fromm-Reichmann’s innovations in psychotherapeutic treatment. Her Jewish heritage shaped her therapeutic style, jokingly deemed “Torah-peutic” by patients.
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In 1929, Jewish immigrant Julius Lipsky built The Ambassador in response to a middle-class movement away from Downtown Cincinnati. Jewish Cincinnatians were part of this exodus. Many resettled in the Avondale neighborhood. These Jewish community members chose, and later left, Avondale because of discrimination.
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The Women’s House of Detention, demolished in the mid-1970s, was a center of activity in historic Greenwich Village for decades. In 1954, riots rocked the Women’s House of Detention. However, it took more than such protests to make change. It also took the efforts of reformers and public servants like Anna Moscowitz Kross, a Jewish-American judge and New York City public official.
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The Albert Einstein House was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of Interior on January 7, 1976. Due to the wishes of Albert Einstein, the National Park Service did not publicize this at the time
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This lesson is part of a series teaching about the World War II home front, with Pensacola and Escambia County designated as an American World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains photographs, a background reading, and newspaper excerpts to contribute to learners’ understandings about the experiences and contributions of community connections to the Armed Forces, such as through civilian volunteer efforts and recreation.