Find A Grave - Social Reformers

Abbott, Robert Sengstacke b. November 24, 1870 d. February 29, 1940
Newspaper Publisher. He was the editor and founder of the popular African-American newspaper the "Chicago Defender" (May 5, 1905), considered by many to be the most influential black newspaper ever printed. However, he is better known as a racial crusader than writer. The paper he founded in with an initial investment of 25 cents later became the most prominent black newspaper in the history of Illinois and the United States, starting with 300 copies at 25 cents each to the paper reaching a...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Abernathy, Ralph David b. March 11, 1926 d. April 17, 1990
Social Reformer. He was an early civil rights organizer and minister who is best known as the leading confidante and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in Linden, Alabama, he was the son of a successful farmer. He became pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama in 1951, and became associated with Dr. King a few years later. Resigning as pastor of his church, he and his family moved to Atlanta...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Addams, Jane b. September 6, 1860 d. May 21, 1935
Social Reformer. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, she was daughter of John H. Addams a former Civil War officer and Illinois State Senator. Prospering intellectually as the eighth of nine children, she was surrounded by politics and activism all her life - her father was a friend of Abraham Lincoln (so much so that Lincoln addressed her father as "Dear, Double-D Addams" in letters) and she paid attention to the ways and means of...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cedarville Cemetery, Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Adler, Felix b. August 13, 1851 d. April 24, 1933
Religious Leader. He was the founder of the Ethical Culture Society.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Albizu-Campos, Pedro b. September, 1891 d. April 21, 1965
Puerto Rican Nationalist. He was the most prominent of all Puerto Rican leaders who advocated independence for the island of Puerto Rico from the United States, and struggled against colonialism. He spent over 25 years in and out of United States prisons for nationalist uprisings and attempts to overthrown the Puerto Rican government.
Cementerio Antiguo de San Juan, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
Alcott, Amos Bronson b. November 29, 1799 d. March 4, 1888
Social Reformer, Religious Leader. He was the founder of the Transcendentalism movement in the United States. An innovative educator, he was a leading slavery abolitionist, a women's rights advocate, a founder of a vegan community, an architect and artist, and author of several books. He was the father of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Allen, Edgar Fiske b. May 8, 1862 d. September 20, 1937
Social Reformer. A descendant of Ethan Allen, was the founder of what is today known as Easter Seals. He was an advocate for crippled children and was spurred into the health care field when his son was killed at the age of 18 due to the lack of emergency care in town. (Bio by: Megan)
Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Amery, Jean Hans Mayer b. October 31, 1912 d. October 17, 1978
Author. An Austrian writer and commentator on current affairs, he was in the concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bregen Belsen, in the years 1943 to 1945. His works fight against the violations of humanity.
Cause of death: suicide
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 40, Nr. 132
Angell, George Thorndike b. June 5, 1823 d. March 16, 1909
Social Reformer. Founder of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Arenal, Concepción b. January 31, 1820 d. February 4, 1893
Noted Spanish reformer and feminist. She fought against the poor conditions in the Spanish prisons. She also wrote "Cartas a los Delincuentes" and "El Visitador del Preso." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cementerio de Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Arnett, Arett Campbell b. August 21, 1882 d. April 1, 1955
Medical Pioneer. Outstanding physician, Army Reserve officer, aviator and civic leader. Following the example of one of his military affiliates, Dr. William J. Mayo, a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, he founded Lafayette's renowned Arnett Clinic, the largest multi-specialty physician practice organization in Indiana.
Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Section 8
Arnoldson, Karl Pontus b. October 27, 1844 d. February 20, 1916
Nobel Prize Recipient. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908.
Norra begravningsplatsen (Northern Cemetery), Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Plot: Section Kv 21C, grave 1054 -10614
Ashe Jr., Arthur Robert b. July 10, 1943 d. February 6, 1993
American Tennis Player and Social Activist. Widely recognized as the first outstanding African-American men's tennis champion, Arthur Ashe was the first African-American to represent his country in Davis Cup play (1963), the first African-American man to win the U.S. Open singles title (1968), the first African-American man to win the Wimbledon singles title (1975), and the first African-American to captain the Davis Cup team (1981). He also won the NCAA team and indiviual titles at UCLA in...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Cause of death: AIDS
Woodland Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Astell, Mary b. November 12, 1666 d. May 9, 1731
Author and Social Reformer, she is known as "the first English feminist". She was the daughter of a merchant, who gave her a good education. At about twenty years old she left Newcastle and went to London, where she spent the remainder of her life. She wrote "A Serious Proposal to the Ladies", suggesting a scheme for the education and improvement of the female sex. In 1700, she wrote and published a book, entitled, Reflections on Marriage, where she carried her arguments for the birthrights and...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
All Saints Churchyard, Chelsea, Greater London, England
Plot: plaque
Augusta, Livia Drusilla
Born in 58 B.C. to a powerful and ancient Claudian family, and later married to Cesar Octavian. She was the first woman in Roman history to be actively and influentially involved in all major decisions during her husband's 45-year reign. She was extraordinarily wealthy, and managed her property and assets carefully. Her husband elevated her above all others when he placed statues of her around the city. Her grace, charm and wit served him well in diplomatic affairs. She was considered the...[Read More] (Bio by: Amorifera)
Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, Lazio, Italy
GPS coordinates: 41.9061089, 12.4763899 (hddd.dddd)
Barnardo, Thomas John b. July 4, 1845 d. September 19, 1905
Social Reformer, Philanthropist. Born in Dame Street, Dublin, at the age of fourteen, he became a clerk in a wine merchant's office, but he resigned the post when he became convinced of the dangers of drink. In 1866, he began a course at the London Hospital, with the intention of training to become a missionary in China. However, during the cholera epidemic that year, he was so horrified by the numbers of homeless children he encountered in London's East End that he decided to devote himself to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Greater London, England
Barondess, Joseph b. 1863 d. 1928
Social Reformer and Union Leader. This native of Kamenetz Podolsk Russia moved to New York in 1885 to pursue an acting career. Unable to find a job in the theater he went to work in the garment industry. In 1888 he helped establish the Cloakmaker’s Union. He was a dynamic speaker with a magnetic personality and he used those characteristics to become a major player in the New York labor movement becoming known as the “King of the Cloakmakers.” In 1900 he presided over the conference that led to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Barrett, Dr. Katherine 'Kate' b. January 24, 1857 d. February 23, 1925
Women's and Social Pioneer. She was a founder of the first group of homes established to care for unwed mothers. Raised in an upper-class Stafford County family, she attended the Arlington Institute for Girls in Alexandria, Virginia. On January 19, 1876, she married Reverend Robert Barrett, who was serving at her family's Episcopal Church in Aquia, Virginia, and, over the next years, followed him to a succession of pastorates. One day, while living in Richmond, Virginia, the course of her life...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Barton (Barton), Clara (Clarissa) b. December 25, 1821 d. April 12, 1912
Founder of the American Red Cross (Angel of the Battlefield). Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day on a farm near Oxford, Massachusetts. She was a teacher and a government worker before heading off to minister the wounds of soldiers, often on bloody civil war battlefields. Barton was so close to the front lines at the Battle of Sharpsburg that a bullet passed through her clothes and killed the wounded soldier she was tending. She came into the missing soldiers business when a prisoner of...[Read More]
Cause of death: Heart failure
North Cemetery, Oxford (Worcester County), Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Bass, Charlotta b. February 13, 1874 d. April 12, 1969
African American newspaper publisher. She was highly instrumental in Black Los Angeles political circles for many years with her newspaper, the California Eagle, which she published for 39 years. She was very active in liberal Los Angeles politics for years, and was a heavy campaigner for Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential bid. She was the vice presidential nominee for the Progressive party in 1952. Her campaign called for peace with the USSR, an end to the Korean War, and more emphasis on civil...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Walker)
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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