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Looking for a topic for your biography paper? Biography Profiles offers an introduction to famous and not-so famous people who have made a significant mark on society or history. Find interesting facts, famous last words, family information, links, speeches, and more to enhance your biography assignment.
Harriet Tubman
She was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland. In youth, she was beaten and sold away, but the harsh conditions of her life only made her strong. She would grow up to become a great American hero.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a complex man, living in a place and time when social change came about under rather violent and macabre circumstances. Although he was a devout man, Mather was open to new scientific ideas like innoculation, which upset some in his Puritan society. Mather was invloved in the Salem Witch Trials, at first encouraging the use of "spectre evidence" in the witchcraft trials, or evidence from supposed vicitims of witchcraft. He later changed his opinion of spectre evidence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of America's most inspirational leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr. led the way for equality and civil justice for African Americans. We celebrate his life and work on a Monday, near the date of his January 15th birthday.
Susan B. Anthony
Can you imagine a time when women couldn't vote? Susan B. Anthony led a struggle for women's suffrage along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association. What a great choice for a biography.

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