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St. Gregory the Great
pope
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St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
Robert Owen
Robert Owen
British social reformer
Lathrop, Julia Clifford
Julia Clifford Lathrop
American social worker
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero-Warren
American civil rights activist and educator
Lillian D. Wald.
Lillian D. Wald
American sociologist
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Australian politician
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Abbott, Grace
Grace Abbott
American social worker
Jane Addams
Jane Addams
American social reformer
Hélder Pessoa Câmara
Brazilian bishop
Holt, Winifred
Winifred Holt
American social worker
Evangeline Cory Booth.
Evangeline Cory Booth
American religious leader
Sister Simone Campbell
Sister Simone Campbell
American nun, attorney, and poet
Katharine Bement Davis.
Katharine Bement Davis
American penologist
Booth, William
William Booth
British minister
Abbott, Edith
Edith Abbott
American social worker
Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins
United States secretary of labor
Lugenia Burns Hope
American social reformer
Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
American social worker, educator and lawyer