Geneva in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1924 to 1936. The most recorded lives are Haile Selassie, Gabriela Mistral and Jomo Kenyatta.

Gabriela Mistral
in 1928
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Haile Selassie
from 1924 to 1936
2 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1931
1 moment here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Syngman Rhee
in 1933
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…