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Benjamin Franklin
Colonial & Revolutionary America
Known for
Practical wisdom, self-improvement, and diplomacy
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
From: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
135 mentor adoptions
Emily Post
1872-1960
Known for
America's authority on etiquette who made manners accessible and practical
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others
From: By motor to the Golden Gate
77 mentor adoptions
Oscar Wilde
19th Century
Known for
Wit and social commentary
From: Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
70 mentor adoptions
Florence Nightingale
19th Century England
Known for
Founder of modern nursing — statistician, sanitary reformer, scourge of bureaucratic incompetence
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
From: Lessons from the life of Florence Nightingale
53 mentor adoptions
Florence Hartley
19th Century
Known for
Victorian etiquette authority
From: The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society
9 mentor adoptions