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[5] [6] In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp. [7] In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a US stamp. [8] In 2001, Frida Kahlo became the first Hispanic woman to be honored on a US stamp, though she was Mexican not American ...
Tubman's commemorative plaque in Auburn, New York, erected 1914. Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) [1] was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Through the years, a person has had to be deceased before their face appeared on a stamp, [1] though the USPS will document that a stamp has commemorated people, living or deceased, without including their actual face on the stamp – such as the image of a yellow submarine from the 1969 eponymous album cover shown on the 1999 stamp [2 ...
Under the 2022 Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 117-163), the U.S. Mint was directed to issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar clad coins as part of the ...
Tubman was a famous 19th century abolitionist who escaped slavery and became the conductor of the Underground Railroad, a system of secret safe houses that successfully helped free hundreds of slaves.
The US Mint released commemorative coins honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman Thursday.. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins that commemorate the bicentennial of ...
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A starred review in Publishers Weekly compliments the book's "elegant design" and the illustration's "intense portraits" and their ability to "convey all the emotion of Tubman's monumental mission." It also applauds the author for the way in which the text was framed, as "an ongoing dialogue between Tubman and God." [2]