James G. Abourezk -- Gerry Adams -- Madeline Albright -- Susan B. Anthony -- Ben & Jerry -- Irving Berlin -- Joseph Bernardin -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Les Brown -- Susan Butcher -- Frances Xavier Cabrini -- Dale Carnegie -- Bessie Coleman -- Eileen Collins -- Francis S. Collins -- Kenneth H. Cooper -- Aaron Copland -- Jacques d'Amboise -- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. -- Morris Dees -- Diana, Princess of Wales -- Dave Dravecky -- Charles R. Drew -- Katharine Dunham -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Zlata Filipovic -- Millard Fuller -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Althea Gibson -- Evelyn Glennie -- Veronica Guerin. Clara Hale -- Alice Hamilton -- Armand Hammer -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Grant Hill -- John Hope -- Dolores Huerta -- Bo Jackson -- Mae Jemison -- Chief Joseph -- Frida Kahlo -- David Kessler -- Craig Kielburger -- Billie Jean King -- Helmut Kohl -- John Lennon -- Liliuokalani -- George Lucas -- Shannon Lucid - Spark M. Matsunaga -- Osceola McCarty -- Rigoberta Menchu -- Kweisi Mfume -- Dorie Miller -- Billy Mills -- Farley Mowat -- Kary Mullis -- Audie Murphy -- Paul Newman -- Harrison Ngau -- Julius K. Nyerere -- Edward James Olmos -- I.M. Pei -- Claude Pepper -- Pete Peterson -- Leontyne Price. Yitzhak Rabin -- A. Philip Randolph -- Jeanette Rankin -- Christopher Reeve -- Pat Robertson -- Fred Rogers -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Salman Rushdie -- Albert Sabin -- Oskar Schindler -- Pat Schroeder -- Betty Shabazz -- Beverly Sills -- Standing Bear -- Maria Tallchief -- Dave Thomas -- Helen Thomas -- Harriet Tubman -- C. DeLores Tucker -- Ted Turner -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Wang Dan -- Annie Dodge Wauneka -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Tiger Woods -- Carter G. Woodson -- Wilbur and Orville Wright -- Harry Wu -- Muhammad Yunus.
Summary:
Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.