Memorials & famous biographies

Irish-born American labor and community organizer, known as Mother Jones, who championed workers' rights, fought child labor, and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

German chemist and physician who was a pioneer in developing early versions of the periodic table of chemical elements

French geographer, writer, and anarchist known for his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, and his unwavering political activism

English-American photographer and inventor known for his pioneering studies of motion and early work in motion-picture projection

American poet known for her unique and profound exploration of life, death, and nature, whose work was largely discovered and celebrated posthumously

French author, poet, politician, and anarchist, a major figure in the Paris Commune and a key personality of anarchism

Queen of Spain whose reign from 1833 to 1868 was marked by political instability, military pronunciamientos, and personal controversy

Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter who bridged multiple artistic movements and exhibited in all eight Impressionist exhibitions

French Provençal poet and lexicographer who won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature and founded the Félibrige literary movement