No end to uncommon and rare

There is no end to the topic of the truly uncommon,

An individual standing alone, protesting for something

That they truly believe in, them against the world,

Amelia Mary Earhart born July 24, 1897,

Disappeared July 2, 1937,

Declared dead January 5, 1939,

An American aviation pioneer and writer,

Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean,

She set many other records,

Was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel,

Wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences,

And was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines,

An organization for female pilots,

I simply adore her spirited nature, and impish smile,

Hers was a short life, lived to the fullest. Yet

I see her everywhere, still alive. Every day

In the faces of determined women, everywhere,

Making amazing discoveries and innovative works,

Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939),

Is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement,

On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Ala.,

She refused to give up her seat to a white woman

On a crowded, segregated bus.

This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident,

In which Rosa Parks, secretary of the local chapter of the

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),

Helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.

The case went to the United States Supreme Court on appeal by the state,

It upheld the district court's ruling on November 13, 1956. One month later,

The Supreme Court affirmed the order to Montgomery and the state of

Alabama to end bus segregation. The Montgomery bus boycott was then

Called off after a few months.

For many years, Montgomery's black leaders did not publicize

Colvin's pioneering effort. Colvin has said, "Young people think Rosa Parks

Just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn't the case at all.

Colvin's case was dropped by civil rights campaigners because,

Colvin was unmarried and pregnant during the proceedings,

It is now widely accepted that Colvin was not accredited by civil rights

Campaigners at the time due to her circumstances. Rosa Parks stated:

"If the white press got a hold of that information, they would have had a

Field day. They'd have called her a bad girl, and her case

Wouldn't have had a chance.

The record of her arrest and adjudication of delinquency was expunged by

The district court in 2021, with the support of the district attorney for the

County in which the charges were brought more than 66 years before.

Helen Keller, a child who was both blind and deaf, to communicate,

At just 20 years old, Anne Sullivan trained Keller ...

Florence Nightingale. Marie Curie. Margaret Hamilton

Young Greta Thunberg. No matter where you stand on the issue

Of climate change, you’ve likely heard the name Greta Thunberg

Malala Yousafzai. Megan Rapinoe. Simone Biles

Venus and Serena Willaims. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama

Mother Theresa

1. Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

2. Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) (Wrote Frankenstein)

3. Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)

4. Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)

5. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

Karen Zoid. She is most well known for being the first Afrikaans South African rock star. ...

Miriam Makeba. Zenzile Miriam Makeba was one of South Africa’s most influential singers of all time. ...

Pippa Tshabalala ...

Bessie Emery Head ...

Gabisile ‘simply the best’ Tshabalala .

The list is endless.

Uncommon and rare, but lives in all of us. If not yet realized, there is time to find our uncommon and rare hidden deep within.

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