Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman

female, 70 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
activist, Spelman College Alumni, new republic, Children's rights, Yale Law School Alumni, American…the rights of child, Civil Rights, Children's rightsactivist, National Urban League All Rights Reserved
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president...
Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

female, 62 years old
Human Rights, Islamic feminist, University of Tehran faculty, humanitarian, Islam and women, From tehran…Children's rightsactivist, Iranian women's rights activist, Human rights activist
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi...
Mother Jones

Mother Jones

female, deceased (1930)
Roman Catholic, activist, Irish-American, Labor leader, Child labor in the United States, labor…Children's rightsactivist
Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, and Wobbly.

Keith Hefner

male
from Michigan, Youth Communications, Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor, Youth rights individuals, youth rights, Children's rightsactivist…activist
Keith Hefner is the founder and Executive Director of Youth Communications, an influential nonprofit organization supporting foster youth in New...

Sonia Yaco

female
from Michigan, Human Rights Party, Children's rightsactivist, school board, From Ann Arbor, ann arbor…activist, Youth rights individuals
Sonia Yaco was the 1972 Human Rights Party candidate for the Ann Arbor, Michigan school board. When she ran for office at the age of 15 she became...
Sharon Sayles Belton

Sharon Sayles Belton

female, 58 years old
University of Minnesota, From Saint Paul, Minnesota, From Minneapolis, Minnesota, American civil rights activist, Mayor of Minneapolis, politician…Human rights activist, activist, American women's rights activist, Children's rightsactivist
Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) is an American community leader, politician and activist. She was the first African American and the first...
David M. Smolin

David M. Smolin

male
physicist, Copyright scholar, international adoption, Law Review, Cumberland School of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law…Children's rightsactivist, Human rights activist
David Mark Smolin is a professor of law at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also the director for The Center for...
Jacqueline Pascarl

Jacqueline Pascarl

female
Australian, memoirist, Parliament of Australia, Children's rightsactivist, Jacqueline Gillespie
Jacqueline Pascarl (born 5 July 1963), formerly known as Jacqueline Gillespie and Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie, is an Australian author, TV...
Dorothy Stoneman

Dorothy Stoneman

female
Youth empowerment individuals, from Massachusetts, MacArthur Fellow, Washington D.C., Virgin Islands, Children's rightsactivist
Dorothy Stoneman is founder and president of YouthBuild USA, the national nonprofit intermediary and support center for over 200 YouthBuild...
Edward des Clayes

Edward des Clayes

male, 22 years old
British, paperboy, From Essex, Children's rightsactivist, workers' rights, Employment Tribunal
Edward des Clayes, born April 29, 1987, was a British paperboy who, in 2002, challenged his employers at the employment tribunal, in order to...