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250 Most Influential Women & Men

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Celebrating 250 American and international women and men who helped build the nation, and inspired it.

By Group of NationsAmerica250: A Commemorative ReviewPages 258–270

Celebrating 250 American and international women and men who helped build the nation, and inspired it. The list opens with Abigail Adams, an advocate for greater political rights for women, and Phillis Wheatley, the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.