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Sarah Winnemucca

1844 - 1891

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Sarah (née Winnemucca) Hopkins (c. 1844 – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates as "Shell Flower." Sarah Winnemucca was born near Humboldt Lake, Nevada, into an influential Northern Paiute family who led their community in pursuing friendly relations with the arriving groups of Anglo-American settlers. She was the daughter of Chief Winnemucca of the Paiute nation and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Winnemucca has received more than 346,371 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Winnemucca is the 5,923rd most popular writer, the 11,659th most popular biography from United States and the 874th most popular American Writer.

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  • 350k

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  • 38.70

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 5,923 out of 5,755Before her are Shan Sa, Anthony Boucher, Peter Stamm, Jasper Fforde, Amory Lovins, and Robert Hunter. After her are Masih Alinejad, Kim Leine, Renate Dorrestein, Kevin Poulsen, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Walter Besant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 105Before her are Lorenzo Latorre, Juan Idiarte Borda, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Edmonia Lewis, Amalie Materna, and Adolphus Greely. After her are Charlotte Despard and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1891, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 99Before her are Emma Abbott, Charles Bradlaugh, Barbara Bodichon, Joseph Bazalgette, George Hearst, and Ludvig Lorenz. After her is William Windom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 11,659 out of 18,182Before her are Rod Milburn (1950), Jeremy Soule (1975), Michael Mukasey (1941), Robert Hunter (1941), Floyd Cramer (1933), and Ron Glass (1945). After her are John Ruiz (1972), John Conyers (1929), Lacey Chabert (1982), Caroline Williams (1957), Pat O'Brien (1968), and Walter Payton (1954).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 874Before her are Philip Freneau (1752), P. J. O'Rourke (1947), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Anthony Boucher (1911), Amory Lovins (1947), and Robert Hunter (1941). After her are Kevin Poulsen (1965), Emma Willard (1787), Russell Simmons (1957), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), and Wayne C. Booth (1921).