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    Patricia Roberts Harris

    Birth May 31, 1924 Death March 23, 1985 RECOGNITION/ACHIEVEMENT First African American woman to serve as an Ambassador Role/Rank Ambassador Biography Patricia Roberts showed a…

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    Helen Eugenie Anderson

    Death March 31, 1997 Recognition/Achievement First woman to hold the rank of Ambassador Role/Rank Ambassador Biography A trip to Europe in 1937 sparked Eugenie Moore…

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    Henry Wheaton

    Recognition/Achievement Scholar of International Law and Minister Role/Rank Minister Biography Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Henry Wheaton graduated from Rhode Island College (now Brown University)…

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    John Quincy Adams

    Role/rank Minister, Secretary of State, President Recognition/Achievement Negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, Wrote the Monroe Doctrine Biography John Quincy Adams embarked on his first diplomatic mission at…