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When Annie Dodge Wauneka was eight years old, an influenza epidemic killed thousands of Navajos on the reservation where she lived. The mild case she contracted left her resistant to the disease, and she helped many people too sick to help themselves.

Through the years her commitment to helping others played a role in everything she did, eventually leading to her election to the Tribal Council in 1951 (she was only the second woman to achieve this feat). While she was in office, she worked to make life better for Navajo families by improving health care for pregnant mothers and babies and explaining the importance of tuberculosis vaccinations. Because of her efforts, many Navajos experienced life-saving medical practices and better living conditions.

Annie Dodge Wauneka received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and was named “The Legendary Mother of the Navajo Nation” by the Navajo Council in 1984. Recently, a book was written that details all the ways she made life better for others. It is aptly titled, I'll Go and Do More.

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