may 1, 1788 - Sacagawea (1788 - 1812)
Description:
At around 12, Sacagawea was captured by an enemy tribe and sold to a French-Canadian trapper who made her his wife. In November 1804, she was invited to join the Lewis and Clark expedition as a Shoshone translator. She was the only female among 32 males of the Lewis and Clark expedition and guided Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Purchase."Everything I do is for my people."
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Date:
may 1, 1788
Now
~ 237 years ago