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59% | 5 | Jacob Riis was a Danish-American social reformer and journalist | ||||||
noun • French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) • (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God') | ||||||||
28% | 11 | American social reformer and mental health advocate | ||||||
noun • United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887) | ||||||||
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