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Susan B. Anthony II (great-niece) Signature. Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age ...
1 Notable social reformers in India included. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. Social reformers of India. 4 languages.
Iconoclasm. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy depicting the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" over iconoclasm under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III, late 14th to early 15th century. Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break') [ i] is the social belief in the importance of the ...
B. R. Ambedkar. / 19.02500°N 72.83389°E / 19.02500; 72.83389. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law ...
Adam Smith FRS FRSE FRSA (baptised 16 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1723 [ 1] – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish [ a] economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. [ 3] Seen by some as "The Father of Economics" [ 4] or "The Father of Capitalism", [ 5] he wrote two classic ...
Signature. Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. [1] He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of pre-payment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters.
The International Prototype of the Kilogram (referred to by metrologists as the IPK or Le Grand K; sometimes called the ur -kilogram, [1] [2] or urkilogram, [3] particularly by German-language authors writing in English [3] [4]: 30 [5] : 64 ) is an object whose mass was used to define the kilogram from 1889, when it replaced the Kilogramme des ...
Nontrinitarianism is a form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian theology of the Trinity —the belief that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being, or essence (from the Ancient Greek ousia ). [citation needed]