- Which famous writer left money to reform the alphabet?
- Who established the International Red Cross?
- Which Italian reformer has given her name to a system of educating young children?
- Which American multi-millionaire gave much of his money to benefit public libraries?
- Which Biblical scholar and organist became a ‘Medical Missionary in Africa’?
- Who was the Indian social reformer who waged war against the “Sati” system, child marriage and founded the Brahmo Samaj? Who was the Governor-General of India at the time that supported these reforms?
- Who was responsible for performing ‘most eye operation in a day’ in India?
- Which English car manufacturer has given a fortune to help medical research?
- This great Indian social worker, who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, started a colony for lepers called Anand Van.
- Who was responsible for ‘introducing the penny-post’?
- Who was the German reformer who led the Religious Reformation and established Protestantism in Europe in the 16th Century?
- The horrors of the Crimean War of 1854 led this famous lady to reform hospital conditions for the wounded and organize a woman’s nursing service.
- Name the Australian nurse who achieved fame through her revolutionary methods of treating polio.
- This President was instrumental for abolishing slavery in the U.S.A.
- Of which lady missionary in Africa was it said at her death that “Ma, the mother of us all, is dead”?
- This Albanian Nun founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1948 and worked among the “poorest of the poor”.
- This German social reformer is called the “Father of communism’.
- Which author wrote a novel to help the agitation which stopped young boys having to climb chimneys?
- Which famous woman was known for her Prison Reforms?
- This great Indian reformer championed the cause of Harijans whom they called “The children of God”.
Answers
- George Bernard Shaw
- Henry Dunant, the Swiss humanitarian, after the battle of Solferino in 1859.
- Maria Montessori
- Andrew Carnegie
- Dr. Albert Schweitzer
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Lord William Bentinck was the Governor-General at the time.
- Dr. Murugappa Chennaveerappa Modi
- Lord Nuffield
- Devidas Muralidhar Amte, Popularly known as “Baba Amte”
- Sir Rowland Hill in 1840
- Martin Luther (1483-1506)
- Florence Nightingale
- Sister Elizabeth Kenny
- Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of U.S.A.
- Mary Slessor
- Mother Teresa
- Karl Marx
- Rev. Charles Kingsley, “The Water Babies”
- Elizabeth Fry
- Mahatma Gandhi
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