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William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

Garrison was American abolitionist, Journalist, suffragist, and a social reformer. He is most known for being the editor of the newspaper The Liberator, which he created with Isaac Knapp. He was also one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He also agreed with the “Immediate emancipation” of the the slaves. In the 1870s, William became an important person in the woman suffrage movement.

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Philip Randolph (1889-1979)

Philip Randolph was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and the American Labor Movement. He helped organize and push the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to more importance, which was the first African-American labor union. Early in the Civil Rights Movement, he was an important voice and everyone took him seriously. He continued to push the importance of unfair labor to African-American workers and how the law dealt with them.

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Edith Cowan

(1861-1932)

Edith Cowan was mainly focused on Feminism, Child Protection, and Welfare because of here early life as a little girl. Her early life wasn’t a pleasant one, and she knew once she grew up she wanted to change what she went through. So she started campaigning for the Women's Suffrage Movement. She later became the first Austrailian women legislature.

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