10 Forgotten Americans-- Part 3: Watergate, Cortisone and Voting

4.  EDMUND G. ROSS--  During Reconstruction, cast the not guilty vote in the Andrew Johnson impeachment trial that got Johnson off.

3.  MYRA COLBY BRADWELL--  Worked to better the lives of women.

2.  PERCY JULIAN--  Developed an inexpensive production of cortisone, important in the treatment of arthritis.

1.  FRANK WILLS--  On June 17, 1972, he was night watchman at the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C..  He noticed a break-in and called the police.  The rest is, as they say, is history.

--Cooter

10 Forgotten Americans-- Part 2: Roger Sherman Signed Three Really Important American Documents

7.  ROGER SHERMAN--  Backed equal representation in the Constitutional Convention.  The only person to sign the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

6.  MARY BOWSER--  Slave.  Union spy.  Served in the Confederate White House in Richmond, Virginia, and relayed what she overheard to Union lines.

5.  ANGIE TURNER WITTENMEYER--  Social and political activist.  Social worker in Iowa Civil War camp.  Pushed nutritional food to help sick and wounded soldiers recover.  Prominent in  Women's Christian Temperance Union.

--DaCoot

10 Forgotten Americans-- Part 1: Slavery in New York and Massachusetts

From the March 26, 2015, ListVerse  "10 Forgotten Americans Who Made American History" by Ardelia Lee.

Remember.  More information and pictures at the site.

10.  ELIZABETH JENNINGS GRAHAM--  A black woman in New York City, who in 1854 got on a horse-drawn carriage designated for white people.

9.  JAMES ARMISTEAD LAFAYETTE--  A Virginia slave who was an American spy during the Revolutionary War.

8.  ELIZABETH FREEMAN--  Born a slave in New York.  Brought a case against her owners when they moved to Massachusetts.  Set precedent for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts.

That's Right.  There Was Slavery in New York and Massachusetts At One  Time.  --Cooter