Activism Archives - Page 110 of 316

Irish missionary doctor and public health campaigner

As Collingwood’s (Melbourne) first social worker in 1972, she led the development of community services provided on the basis of rights not charity.

Austrian-American geneticist and environmentalist

American explorer and botanist

Essayist, storyteller, translator, poet, editor, screenwriter and Mexican cultural promoter

Mexican playwright

Fought to secure labor-reform legislation, especially protecting women and children

Mexican poet and art promoter.

Mexican writer and cultural promoter

Prominent African-American social worker who founded the Phillis Wheatley Assocation