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Mary Jane Richardson Jones

Mary Jane Richardson Jones (1819–1909) was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee to free black parents, Jones moved with her family to Illinois during her teenage years. Along with her husband, John, she was a leading African-American figure in the early history of Chicago. The Jones household was a stop on the Underground Railroad and a center of abolitionist activity. The Joneses helped hundreds of fugitives fleeing slavery. After her husband's death in 1879, Jones continued to support African-American civil rights and advancement in Chicago, and became a suffragist. She was active in the women's club movement and mentored a new generation of younger black leaders, such as Fannie Barrier Williams, Ida B. Wells, and Daniel Hale Williams. She also made extensive philanthropic contributions. Jones died at age 89 and was buried under a tombstone which reads "Grandma Jonesie". A Chicago park was named in her honor in 2005. (Full article...)

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American actor Oscar Isaac has appeared in many roles on screen and stage and received several accolades. He made his debut with a minor role in the film Illtown (1998), and his first major role was in the biblical drama film The Nativity Story (2006). After playing minor roles in several films for much of the rest of the 2000s, Isaac received recognition for the musical drama Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). In 2015, he portrayed the reclusive inventor of a gynoid in the science fiction film Ex Machina, and played his first leading role on television – the miniseries Show Me a Hero. Isaac's role in the latter garnered him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. He became a superstar after playing Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019) and Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020). In 2022, Isaac joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe by playing the titular superheroes in the miniseries Moon Knight, for which he was nominated for a MTV Movie Award for Best Hero. (Full list...)

Rosalind Goodrich Bates

Rosalind Goodrich Bates (1894–1961) was an American lawyer and clubwoman, based in Los Angeles, California. She was a founder and served as the president of the International Federation of Women Lawyers. This photograph of Bates, taken around 1931, is part of the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection at the UCLA Library.

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