Complete governed chronology

Social Reformers and Human Rights across time

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  1. 1783Simón BolívarVenezuelan military and political leader in multiple South American independence processes
  2. 1858Beatrice Webbsocial reformer and economist
  3. 1861José Rizalphysician, writer, educator, and reform advocate under Spanish colonial rule
  4. 1875Mary McLeod BethuneAmerican educator, civil-rights leader, public official, organizational founder, and presidential adviser
  5. 1884Eleanor RooseveltFirst Lady of the United States, United States delegate to the United Nations, and chair of the Commission on Human Rights
  6. 1908Simone de BeauvoirFrench writer, philosopher, public intellectual, and activist
  7. 1918Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelaattorney, anti-apartheid political leader, political prisoner, and President of South Africa
  8. 1931Desmond Mpilo TutuAnglican cleric and human-rights leader
  9. 1931Nawal El Saadawiwriter, physician, and activist
  10. 1932Miriam Makebasinger and performer whose institutional record includes anti-apartheid advocacy and exile
  11. 1941David BoiesAmerican lawyer
  12. 1941Gloria AllredAmerican civil rights lawyer
  13. 1944Angela DavisAmerican scholar and civil rights activist
  14. 1945Bärbel Bohleyvisual artist and civil-rights activist
  15. 1946Geoffrey RobertsonAustralian-British human rights lawyer
  16. 1947Shirin EbadiIranian human rights lawyer
  17. 1956Anita HillAmerican lawyer and academic
  18. 1959Kimberlé CrenshawAmerican legal scholar and civil rights advocate
  19. 1959Bryan StevensonAmerican public-interest lawyer
  20. 1967María Corina MachadoVenezuelan public leader and civil society advocate
  21. 1969Ben CrumpAmerican civil rights lawyer
  22. 1972Leymah GboweeLiberian peace activist
  23. 1972Narges MohammadiIranian human rights advocate
  24. 1973Tarana BurkeAmerican civil rights activist

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