Ely Culbertson: Quick Facts

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Born	July 22, 1891 • Ploieşti • Romania
Died	December 27, 1955 (aged 64) • Brattleboro • Vermont
Subjects Of Study	contract bridge

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Ron Kovic

American activist and author

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Jane Fonda

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Dutch-born American clergyman

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

American singer and activist

Daniel Berrigan

Daniel Berrigan

American priest and poet

Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt

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Tom Hayden

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Cindy Sheehan

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Bella Abzug

American politician

Caldicott, Helen Broinowski

Helen Caldicott

Australian-born American physician and activist

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Jeannette Rankin

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Balch, Emily Greene

Emily Greene Balch

American political scientist

Benjamin Spock

Benjamin Spock

American pediatrician

Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman

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Oswald Jacoby

American gamester

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Jerry Rubin

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Leo Szilard

American physicist

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Roger Nash Baldwin

American activist

Crystal Eastman.

Crystal Eastman

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Charles H. Goren

American bridge player