Natalie and her good friend Jake, also 8 years old, talk about Norman Borlaug, who saved 2 billion people from famine!

Natalie talks about Thomas Edison's many inventions, including the phonograph and the Electric Lightbulb!

Natalie talks about Marie Curie, a famous woman scientist who discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes!

Natalie talks about Lillian Leitzel, a famous lady in a circus who performed stunts in the air in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s.

Natalie talks about Mildred Burke, a famous woman professional wrestler from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s!

Natalie talks about Elizabeth Van Lew, an important spy for the Union during the Civil War!

Natalie talks about how Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and the first man to walk on the moon in the space race!

Natalie talks about Simone Manuel, who was the first African American woman to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics!

Picture is from Becca Wyant, in an article on swimmingworldmagazine.com.

Natalie talks about how Ruby Bridges integrated an all white school in 1960.

Natalie describes the short life and cool discoveries of Alice Ball.

(Fact Check - Natalie mentioned that people were isolated because the disease was "so contagious." But in fact, Hansen's Disease or Leprosy is not actually that contagious. However, people believed that it was contagious back in history. It also was very painful and disfigured people, so that's also why people who had the disease were isolated.)