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Emma Thomas (Quaker)
Emma Thomas (1872–1960) was an English schoolteacher and member of the Society of Friends. She taught in London County Council schools. She is best known for her later role in founding the International Fellowship School in Switzerland (1923–1936) for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and her work in Perugia from the 1940s with Aldo Capitini. Early life She was the daughter of a master shoemaker, born 8 September 1872 in Lewisham, and trained as a schoolteacher at Stockwell College of Education. In 1905 she applied to study at the London School of Economics, graduating in 1909. She took an interest in the garden cities movement. In 1919 she was on the New Town Council. International Fellowship School In October 1921, Emma Thomas founded a school in Gland, Switzerland with the support of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the United Kingdom. She had separate financial backing of £4,000 raised by Thomas William McCormack. McCormack (died 1932) was a Somerset House official and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Friends
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God". The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity, as well as Nontheist Quakers. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa followed by 22% in North America. Some 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to ''evangelical'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Addams
Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860May 21, 1935) was an American Settlement movement, settlement activist, Social reform, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States, women's suffrage. In 1889, Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. Philosophically a "radical Pragmatism, pragmatist", she was arguably the first woman public philosopher in the United States. In the Progressive Era, when even presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson identified themselves as reformers and might be seen as social activists, Addams was one of the most prominent reformers. An advocate for world peace, and recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States, in 1931 Addams became the first American woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Alliance Of Reformed Churches
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin. Its headquarters was in Geneva, Switzerland. They merged with the Reformed Ecumenical Council in 2010 to form the World Communion of Reformed Churches. History The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was created in 1970 by a merger of two bodies, the Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System, representing Presbyterian and Reformed churches, and the International Congregational Council. The Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System was formed in London in 1875. It held councils which had no legislative authority but great moral weight. In them the various Augustinian non- prelatical and in general presbyterial bodies found representation. They were upward of 90 in number, scattered all over the world, with 25,000,000 adherents. The published repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montessori School
The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes independence and it views children as naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning in a sufficiently supportive and well-prepared learning environment. It also discourages some conventional methods of measuring achievement, such as grades and tests. The method was started in the early 20th century by Italian physician Maria Montessori, who developed her theories through scientific experimentation with her students. The method has since been used in many parts of the world, in public and private schools. A range of practices exists under the name "Montessori", which is not trademarked. Popular elements include mixed-age classrooms, student freedom (including their choice of activity), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Daily News
The ''Chicago Daily News'' was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. History The ''Daily News'' was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William Dougherty in 1875 and began publishing on December 23. Byron Andrews, fresh out of Hobart College, was one of the first reporters. The paper aimed for a mass readership in contrast to its primary competitor, the ''Chicago Tribune'', which appealed to the city's elites. The ''Daily News'' was Chicago's first penny paper, and the city's most widely read newspaper in the late nineteenth century. Victor Lawson bought the ''Chicago Daily News'' in 1876 and became its business manager. Stone remained involved as an editor and later bought back an ownership stake, but Lawson took over full ownership again in 1888. Independent newspaper During his long tenure at the ''Daily News'', Victor Lawson pioneered many areas of reporting, opening one of the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abner Carroll Binder
Abner Carroll Binder (February 20, 1896, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 1956) was an American journalist. Binder was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. He is best known for his contributions to journalism as a newspaper correspondent and editor for the ''Chicago Daily News'' and the ''Minneapolis Tribune''. Binder married Dorothy Walton in 1920, and they had four children. He died of leukemia in 1956. Early life and education A Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, native, Binder was born February 20, 1896. His mother died in 1899, and Binder was raised by family friends of the Quaker faith, which may have led to his service in the American Red Cross's American Friends Service Committee later in his life. He attended the York Academy preparatory school. Binder's tertiary education was at the University of Pennsylvania, and then at Harvard University, where he graduated ''cum laude'' with degrees in philosophy and social ethics. Career in journalism B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Horney
Karen Horney (; ; ; 16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. She disagreed with Freud about inherent differences in the psychology of men and women, and like Adler, she traced such differences to society and culture rather than biology. Theoretical orientation Those in ''The Cultural School'' of thought include Horney, Erich Fromm, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Clara Thompson. Horney is often classified as neo-Freudian but may also be seen as neo-Adlerian (Ansbacher, 1979), although it is contended neither Horney nor Adler directly influenced one another (Mosak, 1989). Early life Horney was born Karen Danielsen on 16 September 1885 in Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Lloyd
Georgia Lloyd (September 5, 1913 – February 18, 1999) was an American pacificist, peace activist, author, philanthropist, and world government advocate active in the realm of civil liberties and international peace efforts during the 20th century. Born into a family deeply entrenched in social activism, with social and political prestige at the time, she was the daughter of Lola Maverick Lloyd. Lloyd was a prominent figure in the mid-20th century, advocating for international cooperation and a democratic union of nations. She co-founded the Campaign for World Government and was executive secretary from 1943 to 1990. She participated in the formation of the United Nations in 1945. Early life Georgia Lloyd was born on September 5, 1913, in Winnetka, Illinois. She descended from a lineage of figures who were influential in American political and social history at the time. Her paternal ancestry included William Bross, co-founder of the ''Chicago Tribune'' and acting governor of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Lussu
Gioconda Beatrice Salvadori Paleotti (8 May 1912 – 4 November 1998), better known by the nickname Joyce Salvadori or by her married name Joyce Lussu, was an Italian writer, translator and partisan. Biography She was born in Florence as Gioconda Beatrice Salvadori Paleotti to parents from the Marche of English origins. Her father, count Guglielmo "Willie" Salvadori Paleotti, was a positivist philosopher, Anglophile and aristocrat. As opponents of Italian fascism the family moved abroad. Joyce was educated according to the principles of Rudolf Steiner in Germany, France and Portugal before taking degrees in literature at the Sorbonne and in philology at Lisbon. Her travels in Africa during the years 1933–1938 gave birth to environmentalist commitments; politically she was of the left and she became a member of the anti-fascist organization Giustizia e Libertà. In 1938 at age 25, she met 47-year-old Emilio Lussu, who was to be her companion, and later second husband, unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendship House (Washington, D
Friendship House was a Catholic apostolate serving the poor, founded in Toronto in 1934 by Russian-born Catholic lay leader Catherine de Hueck Doherty. After its closure in 1936, de Hueck moved to Harlem, where others again joined her—living among the black community, responding to the needs they encountered, and challenging the racial discrimination of the times. The movement spread to Chicago and other American cities. In 1947, de Hueck withdrew from active participation. In the 60s and 70s, the focus gradually shifted from social work to interracial justice and social action. Friendship House in Harlem closed in 1960, and the Chicago branch in 2000. Beginnings The Friendship House movement was rooted in the spiritual call of its foundress. Born in 1896 to a wealthy Russian family, Catherine de Hueck Doherty underwent the horrors of World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War. She and her first husband, Boris de Hueck, came to Canada in 1921, where she experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
