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He was 16th President of the United States of America. He ended slavery in America and led the Union to victory against the Southern Confederacy in the American Civil War. In a famous speech at Gettysburg he said:
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He was an English philosopher and Member of Parliament. In his book, On Liberty, he argued strongly in favour of free speech and individual freedoms. He argued that each individual has the right to act as he wants, so long as these actions do not harm others. He was opposed to slavery and a strong supporter of women's liberation.
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He was a communist philosopher from Germany. He wrote The Communist Manifesto with help from Friedrich Engels. Not only that, but he argued that the working class should overthrow the ruling classes. He said: 'The workers have nothing to lose but their chains.' He believed that equality was more important that liberty, especially in the ownership of private property.
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She was a women's rights
activist from the UK. She was a suffragette and campaigned for
the rights of women to vote, She founded the
' Women's Social and Political Union in 1903
which encouraged women to fight for the right
to vote. In 1918
women over 30 were given the right to vote.
Women were given the same voting rights as
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She was a children's rights activist from the UK. She founded the Save the Children Fund, originally set to protect and look after the welfare of children affected by World War I. She drafted the first Declaration of the Rights of the Child, stating: “The child that is hungry must be fed, the child that is sick must be nursed, and that the child should be protected against every form of explotation"
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She was the First Lady of the United States of America. She was the wife of President Franklin D
Roosevelt. She was an advocate for civil rights and worked to improve the position of working women. Likewise, she supported the creation of the United Nations (UN). Her major achievement was helping to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which she referred to as the 'Magna Carta of mankind'.