Pearl S. Buck was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, humanitarian, and activist. She spent the first half of her life in China and the second half at her home in Bucks County, PA - this experience of living in two cultures led to a lifetime of fighting for cross-cultural understanding and equality. Ms. Buck used the spotlight on her as a writer to shine a light on the plight of marginalized people everywhere. She was a lifetime member of the NAACP, wrote extensively on human rights, gender equality, the rights of people with disabilities, and civil rights issues; she founded Welcome House (the world’s first international biracial adoption agency) from the living room of her Bucks County house; and she established The Pearl S. Buck Foundation (now Pearl S. Buck International), which today carries on her legacy of bridging cultures and changing lives through humanitarian aid, intercultural education, and historical tours of her National Historic Landmark home.