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Key frigures related to human rights

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    · He was born in 1743, and he died in 1826. · He from the USA. · He was the main actor of the American declaration of independence.
  • Jean Henri Dunant

    Jean Henri Dunant

    · He was born in 1828, and he died in 1910. · He was from Switzerland. · He organized volunteers to help the wounded. He worked to establish the International Committee of the Red Cross to care for the wounded, and his ideas helped to develop international treaties.
  • Mohandas Gandhi

    Mohandas Gandhi

    · He was born in 1869, and he died in 1948. · He was from India. · He was a political spiritual lider in India's struggle from Independence from Britain and used no violence protests to bring about peace between different faiths.
  • Eglantyne Jebb

    Eglantyne Jebb

    · She was born in 1876, and she died in 1928. · She was from the United Kingdom. · She founded the Save the Children Fund, and she drafted the first Declaration of the Rights of the Child Stating.
  • Raden Adjeng Kartini

    Raden Adjeng Kartini

    · She was born in 1879, and she died in 1904. · She was from Java (now it's named Indonesia). · She wrote letters to her friends talking about the treatment of women in her country, that later were published, inspiring many women. She also opened a primary school for girls in 1903.
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    · She was born in 1884, and she died in 1965. · She was from the USA. · She worked to improve the position of the working women and supported the creation of the United Nations.