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A campaigner for social justice and democracy, he was instrumental in creating the revolutionary movement in 1910, which led to the fall of the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.
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* 2012 – Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, British politician and campaigner for disabled rights ( b. 1922 )
Weapons for the IRB were supplied by Germany under the auspices of a leading human rights campaigner, Sir Roger Casement ; the shipment included over 20, 000 rifles, as well as 10 machine guns.
Der Eigene stirner ist pioneer Gay activist publicationAdolf Brand ( 1874 – 1945 ) was a German writer, stirnerist anarchist and pioneering campaigner for the acceptance of male bisexuality and homosexuality.
* Maryam Hatoon Molkara, campaigner for transsexual rights in Iran
She was also a pioneer campaigner for women's rights.
* 1915 – William Willett, English campaigner for daylight saving time ( b. 1856 )
Omri (; short for ) was a king of Israel, successful military campaigner and first in the line of Omride kings that included Ahab, Ahaziah and Joram.
CMG between 1911 and shortly before his execution for treason, when he was stripped of his British honours — was a humanitarian campaigner and an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and nationalist.
Joseph Howe, the long-time campaigner for this " Peaceable Revolution ", became Provincial Secretary.
Taft's efforts in stumping for the party in the 1906 mid-term elections made him aware of his deficiencies as an effective campaigner.
" Roosevelt declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in February 1912 ; Taft soon decided that he would focus on canvassing for delegates and not attempt at the outset to take on the more able campaigner one on one.
* July 10 – Doris Tate, American campaigner for the rights of crime victims ( b. 1924 )
* December 22 – Ida Cook ( aka Mary Burchell ), British novelist and campaigner for Jewish refugees ( b. 1904 )
* December 7 – Jón Sigurðsson, campaigner for Icelandic independence ( b. 1811 )
" Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called for any damages paid out from the libel case to be donated to gay charities, claiming Williams ' legal actions had created the impression that it is " bad to be gay.
Two long-running series began around this time, Steptoe and Son ( 1962 – 65, 1970 – 74 ) and Till Death Us Do Part ( 1965 – 68, 1972 – 75 ), the latter criticised by Clean-Up TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse for its bad language.
* Paddy ' the Cope ' Gallagher-Businessman, writer and campaigner for West Donegal.
* Louise Medus Mansell, daughter of David Mason, campaigner for increased compensation for thalidomide children, born with no arms or legs
McCormick, a vigorous campaigner for the Republican Party, died in 1955, just four days before Democratic boss Richard J. Daley was elected mayor for the first time.
For example, Australian artist Peter Kingston, well known as a long time campaigner for the preservation of Sydney's Luna Park ) has produced many works inspired by Katoomba and surrounding areas including the etching " Brave and Cruel " which shows a dark figure leaving Leura Railway Station.
Anti-discrimination campaigner Gary Burns pursued an action in the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal against Kennett for making the following statement:
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* William Thomas Stead, notable political and social campaigner and journalist, had a home on Hayling Island-Hollybush House.
* Sir Randal Elliott, ( BSc ) social campaigner, surgeon
In addition to those mentioned in the text above, notable people born in Farnham include William Willett, campaigner for daylight saving time ( 1856 ); George Sturt, writer and social historian ( 1863 ); and Maud Gonne, feminist and activist in Irish politics ( 1866 ).
The social reform campaigner Lord Longford said he " felt more admiration Profumo than all the men I've known in my lifetime ".
He was a campaigner for social justice and improved living and employment conditions for the working class, especially in London's East End.
Peter Gary Tatchell ( born 25 January 1952 ) is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements.
* Jonathan Dodgson Carr, founder of Carrs Breadmakers and social reform campaigner
The Reverend Benjamin Waugh ( 20 February 1839 – 11 March 1908 ) was a Victorian social reformer and campaigner who founded the UK charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) in the late 19th century, and also wrote various hymns.
* November 18-Margaret Atwood, author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner
* Wayne Sievers, former police officer, trade union official, social justice campaigner and political figure
Brigid Antonia Brophy, Lady Levey ( 12 June 1929 – 7 August 1995 ) was a novelist, critic and campaigner for social reforms, including the rights of authors and animal rights.
* Margaret Simey ( 1906 – 2004 ), political and social campaigner
* Wayne Sievers-former Australian police officer, trade union official, social justice campaigner and political figure
His resignation from the premiership and politics in 1979 was abrupt after collapsing due to ill health, however he would live for another 20 years, remaining a vocal and outspoken campaigner for progressive social policy.
Edith Dircksey Cowan ( née Brown ), MBE ( 2 August 18619 June 1932 ) was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament.
He was also a constant campaigner behind the scene for causes ranging from Anti-Apartheid to Anti-Nuclear to social solidarity, he was also a regular contributor to the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren.
Prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice.
* Jill Swinburne-Barbara Flynn Swinburne is a committed environmentalist and social campaigner, and also an English teacher.
The social campaigner Des Wilson, having seen the programme, became pivotal in setting up Shelter.
* Henry Stephens Salt ( 1851 – 1939 ), English writer and campaigner for social reforms
Samuel Blackwell senior, an anti-slavery campaigner and Congregationalist who wanted his daughters educated as well as his sons, passed his interest in social reform on to his children.
* 30 May-Michael Davitt, republican, nationalist agarian agitator, social campaigner, labour leader and Irish National Land League founder ( born 1846 ).
Michael Davitt (; 25 March 1846 – 30 May 1906 ) was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader, journalist, Home Rule constitutional politician and Member of Parliament ( MP ), who founded the Irish National Land League.
* South Bank Cottage ( formerly Gorse Cottage ) was home for 8 years from 1885 to Henry Shakspear Stephens Salt the writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals.
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