reformers

A biography of the woman who followed her conscience to become the most admired, the most criticized, and the most influential woman in American history.

Chronicles the efforts of twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger and his human rights organization Free the Children to stop child labor in foreign countries.

Biographies of American women whose activities in the area of social reform made a positive impact on our society.

A biography of the nineteenth-century reformer who devoted much of her life to improving the treatment of the mentally ill in the United States.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and work of nearly three hundred American men and women who have attempted to change society throughout the history of the country, from colonial times through the twentieth century.

Profiles American activists who came to prominence in the 1960s.

Contains biographies of 508 men and women who were the principal architects of reform in America from the seventeenth century to modern times.

A biography of an urban pioneer who evolved new concepts of public health, led the movement for peace, and pressed government to assume responsibility for the economic well-being of its citizens.

A biography of sixteenth-century father of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, who challenged the practices of the Catholic Church by nailing his "Ninety-Five Theses" to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.