As the head of the Department of Agriculture at Tuskegee, George Washington Carver began to explore the uses of the common peanut. He developed an improved kind of peanut butter, and introduced the peanut as a staple crop in the southern states. Birthplace: Diamond Grove, Missouri.
Deaf, blind and dumb at an early age, the remarkable efforts of her teacher Anne Sullivan allowed Helen Keller to speak at the age of seven. Keller eventually took a degree from Radcliffe and went on to become a famous author and lecturer. Birthplace: Tuscumbia.
