Please read this thread of an amazingly brilliant, fierce woman that led the way in education, voting rights, & more. Keep history alive! #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1

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Zonia Baber was born on this day in 1862 in Kansas Township, Ill. Baber was a geographer and geologist who developed innovative teaching methods that emphasized experiential learning. She was also an activist who advocated for women’s rights and against Western imperialism. /1

Portrait of Zonia Baber. Photo credit: University of Chicago Photographic Archive.

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