guaranteed their already passed away loved ones a spot in heaven instead of waiting in purgatory‚ this was called indulgences. In northern and central Europe‚ reformer Martin Luther‚ John Calvin and Henry VIII questioned the churches. These reformers argued for a religious and political redistribution of power into the hands of the bible. One reformer who made a significant impact on the Protestant Reformation was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a German monk and priest who came up with the idea of the
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individual schools (Doc. 9.1). Lastly‚ the belief that “we have not made use of [our intelligence]‚” as worded by Feng‚ reasoned why the Chinese were hitherto considered inferior‚ although they were superior. The three points of the Restoration reformers are connected to each other. To achieve the common goal of self-strengthening‚ the Chinese first had to shed their complacency; if the Chinese were indeed superior in intelligence they had to prove it. The plan was to learn from the Westerners and
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the Central Prison‚ especially the women’s wing‚ and kindle self-esteem. She attended meetings of the managing committee of the mental asylum. Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Savitribai Jyotirao Phule (January 3‚ 1831 – March 10‚ 1897) was a social reformer‚ who‚ along with her husband‚ Mahatma Jyotirao Phule‚ played an important role in improving women’s rights in India during the British Rule. Savitribai was the first female teacher of the first women’s school in India and also considered as the
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motivation pushes a student to complete them and attain aesthetic satisfaction‚ as well as internal power. Hidden Imam - One of the heirs or descendants of Muhammad Ali. The 12th descendant disappeared as a child‚ becoming known as the Hidden Imam. Reformers vs. Conservatives - Conservatives uphold the regime set up in 1979 with strict Sharia law. They support right and responsibilities of the cleric and believed that politics and religious beliefs
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Prairie can be found anywhere. By criticizing Gopher Prairie‚ Lewis therefore attacks American society as a whole. Carol and Vida seem to be foils in that Carol is a reformer‚ whereas Vida is the representation of a society reluctant to let go of their ways. Though in a passage Vida thinks that she is‚ “and always will be‚ a reformer‚ a liberal” (253)‚ she puts lie to this statement at the beginning of the chapter: she displays as much open-mindedness as a nun when Lewis writes that “[s]he hated even
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emerged and dedicated their lives to the betterment of the conditions in prisons. Reformers such as John Howard (1726-1790) and Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) exposed the horrible conditions in prisons. This paper will cover the horrendous conditions of the prisons which necessitated reform‚ the outdated methods of punishment‚ and the new standards for prisons after the reforms. Books on the observations of the reformers‚ and accounts of their lives will be used as the primary evidence in this investigation
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Gilded Age - The Gilded Age lasted from the 1870s to the early 1900s and was an era of rapid economic growth‚ especially in the North and West. As American wages were much higher than those in Europe‚ especially for skilled workers‚ the period saw an arrival of millions of European immigrants. However‚ the Gilded Age was also an era of wretched poverty and discrimination as millions of immigrants‚ many from impoverished European nations‚ flooded into the United States‚ and the high concentration
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Florence Nightingale‚ OM‚ RRC (play /ˈflɒrəns ˈnaɪtɨŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician‚ and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War‚ where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. Early 21st century commentators have asserted Nightingale’s achievements in the Crimean War had been exaggerated by the media
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Reformers‚ besides composing communities outside state sanction‚ often employed more extreme doctrinal change‚ such as the repudiation of tenets of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon. The presence of a printing press in a city by 1500 made Protestant adoption by 1600 far more likely. In Switzerland‚ the schooling of the reformers and especially those of Zwingli and Calvin had a huge effect‚ despite the constant fights between the different divisions of the Reformation. Contrary to happenings in
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amaze his crowd on the serious topics while reframing the context generating new ideas‚ simplifying their issues while supporting them at every level. Their struggles with social and economic poverty gained popularity and attracted middle-class reformers to the area. The author does a good job of capturing the art of Joe` leadership as an intangible form and points to the fact that there is no formula-driven approach towards the idea of the collaboration of any society. Collaboration happens when
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