Bernice Gottlieb International adoption pioneer
Her program was “believed to be unprecedented in the world history of adoption.”
From This is True for 30 August 2026
public service
Cops, firefighters, medics, soldiers, and similar who generally served others.
Diane Carlson Evans Vietnam War nurse
A combat nurse, Evans was the driving force behind the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
From This is True for 24 May 2026
Leah Stavenhagen ALS activist
She wanted the world to know ALS isn’t limited to old men.
From This is True for 28 February 2026
William Foege Epidemiologist
Mass vaccinations didn’t work to stop smallpox. Foege came up with the idea that did work.
From This is True for 1 February 2026
Gladys West Mathematician
“I realized I had to get an education to get out.”
From This is True for 18 January 2026
Betty Reid Soskin Ranger
“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
From This is True for 21 December 2025
Stephen Downing Police writer
A retired Deputy Chief of LAPD, Downing came to completely oppose the War on Drugs as the cost, in money and lives, is worse than the drug problem.
From This is True for 23 November 2025
George Hardy Tuskegee Airman
“Red Tails” were some of the best fighter pilots of World War II.
From This is True for 28 September 2025
Kim Seong-min Defector
Kim’s testimony is part of the Freedom Collection to preserve the “importance of supporting pro-democracy movements.”
From This is True for 21 September 2025
Stella Rimington Spy chief
Bond, James Bond: Judi Dench’s “M” is partly modeled on Rimington.
From This is True for 10 August 2025