Activists and Social Reformers

Activists and Social Reformers brings together men and women who devoted their lives to relieving suffering and correcting injustice, often at great personal cost. The group includes campaigners against slavery and for civil rights, pioneers of nursing and humanitarian relief, prison reformers, educators and the founders of charitable missions. Representative figures include William Wilberforce, who led the parliamentary campaign to end the British slave trade; Harriet Tubman, who guided enslaved people to freedom; Florence Nightingale, a founder of modern nursing; and Mahatma Gandhi, whose nonviolent movement helped lead India to independence. Many drew strength from deep faith, and together they show how conscience, courage and perseverance can change society.