Campaigners (Rebels with a Cause)

by PaulThomas (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $130.81

  Describing the life stories of people who have rebelled against their circumstances, this title focuses on campaigners and sets them in the historical and political context of their time. Thomas Paine (1737-1809) spent his life campaigning for freedom and basic human rights. Many of his ideas were taken to be too radical to be taken seriously, but his influence was far-reaching. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) spent her life campaigning to improve conditions in prisons throughout Britain and Europe. As a result of her campaigning the English parliament introduced laws to improve the conditions in all prisons. John Brown (1800-1859) was a white man who fought for the freedom of black slaves in the United States of America. Frederick Douglas (1817-1895) , former slave and anti-slavery campaigner, became one of the most important human rights leaders of the nineteenth-century. His powerful speeches and his work in government helped to end slavery and improve the lives of black people in the USA. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) were the leaders of the suffragette movement that campaigned to win the vote for women in Britain. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) political and religious leader who inspired millions of Indians to join him in his campaign to win Independence for India. Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Jamaican campaigner who organised one of the first black nationalist movments to fight for the rights of black people. He brought pride, self-respect and hope for the future to black people all over the world by teaching them about their African heritage. Jacques Cousteau explorer, inventor, film maker and campaigner has spent much of his life campaigning on behalf of the environment and the world's wildlife. For over 50 years, Nelson Mandela campaigned for the abolition of apartheid in South Africa. He spent 27 years in prison. Four years after his release in 1990, he was elected president of South Africa. Martin Luther King (1929-1968) dedicated his life to the fight for equal rights for Black Americans, and achieved so much without once using violence.