Soma, later known as Madam Yoko (ca. 1849 – 1906) was a leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. King of the Senehun tribe Soma was born around 1849 in the village of Gbo, Sierra Leone, into a rather wealthy family. At the age of 12, Soma goes to the forest to pass the initiatory test called Sa
French magistrate and statesman. First president of the Cour des aides and director of the Librairie, he favored the Encyclopédie. In 1775, he was secretary to the kings household, but he had to resign in 1776. He defended Louis XVI before the Convention, and he was guillotined during the Terror.
Nun from Saxony, Hrotsvita of Gandersheim (between 930 and 935 – after 973) wrote spiritual or historical works in Latin, and six of the rare plays composed in the Middle Ages. She is considered the first Germanic author. An educated child The life of Hrotsvita of Gandersheim is poorly known, the
Bessie Stringfield (1911 – 1993), nicknamed The Motorcycle Queen of Miami was the first black woman to travel the United States alone and on a motorcycle, facing many racist and sexist prejudices along the way . A room on a map Bessie Stringfield was born in Kingston, Jamaica to a white Dutch mo