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3) H.J. Heinz
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Introduces the life of H. J. Heinz, who started one of the first companies to make processed food, buying his brothers' food company and renamed it the H.J. Heinz Company in 1888.
6) John Deere
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Introduces the life of John Deere, including his childhood on a Vermont farm, his work as a tanner and blacksmith apprentice, and his invention of a new, more efficient type of plow that eventually led to his founding a company and opening his own factory.
8) Eli Whitney
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Introduces the life of Eli Whitney, including his childhood on a Massachusetts farm, his invention of the cotton gin, and his development of mass production, a process of making individual parts then assembling them into a finished product.
13) Harriet Tubman
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A simple biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued other slaves as a conductor in the Underground Railroad.
17) Walt Disney
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A simple biography of the man who began his career as an animator and gained world-wide fame as the creator of Mickey Mouse, Disneyland, and Disneyworld.
19) Pocahontas
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A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.
20) Helen Keller
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A simple introduction to the life of the blind and deaf woman who changed the world's opinions about disabilities such as her own.
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