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- The Ramakrishna Mission ( রামকৃষ্ণ মিশন Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when he attended the ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- Category:Education Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation ... in the context of medical education in the United States, is the historical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- and unconventional "Temple School" in Boston, as well as the utopian ... Amos Bronson Alcott was born on Spindle Hill in the town of Wolcott ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 17:22, 26 July 2023
- theory, and their applications to education. Hall was a strong believer in the scientific method and its application ...14 KB (1,985 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- The HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership ... HJI offers professional training in the ministry, serving a wide spectrum ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red ... all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... The city's oldest private art gallery, it was founded by Washington ...7 KB (1,002 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- The late nineteenth century settlement movement, which began in London ... The settlement movement began in 1884, with the founding of London’s ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by ... The organization's programs emphasize developing community level ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 11:42, 3 May 2023
- 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Willard was born in Churchville, New York to Josiah Flint and Mary ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- [[Image:Boys in red.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|Child laborers coming out ... Child labor is the employment of children under an age determined ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 15:28, 10 December 2023
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ... it came into force on September 3, 1981. The United States is the only ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein ... Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4, 1792. He suffered ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- A workhouse or poorhouse is a publicly maintained facility for the ... Later laws, in particular the 1834 Poor Law, organized the parishes ...14 KB (2,160 words) - 23:59, 17 May 2023
- social worker and reformer. She was one of the "ladies of Halsted Street ... Florence Kelley was born on September 12, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 17:41, 28 March 2024
- The National Consumers League (NCL), founded in 1899, is America& ... Despite increasing globalization of the market place since its inception ...10 KB (1,430 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {| class="infobox ... in the development of education in the United States, seven of them ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- significant and ingenious. Her popular Woman in the Nineteenth Century, published ... She grew up in the Unitarian Church and became friends with Ralph ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- machinery, and so on. Modern trends in museology have broadened the ... visitors experience of aesthetics values of the works of art by observing ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- of Medicine, and Doctor of Divinity, was the inventor of the sport of basketball ... Ontario on November 6, 1861. James was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- into a pragmatic method for understanding the purposes of misbehavior in ... He saw the family as the first social setting in which education takes ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University ... |name = The Open University |native_name = ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- minister who opposed U.S. involvement in both World War I and World ... He believed steadfastly in the principles that he attested to. He ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- writings on British common law served as the definitive legal texts for ... Coke's works served not only as the definitive legal texts of ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- who was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy ... Born in 1895, Feng lived through a period of turmoil and transition ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 17:18, 26 March 2024
- Order of Merit (OM), Privy Council of the United Kingdom (PC) (born ... She was the 155th Speaker to be elected. She had served as Deputy ...16 KB (2,349 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- Category:Education [[Image:CircleOfFriends.jpg |thumbnail|250px|A group ... Outdoor education refers to organized learning that takes place in ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- This article is part of the branches of CAM series. CAM Classifications ... and treat disease chiefly by assisting the body's innate capacity ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- was very concerned with American higher education, and was known for his ... Together with White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951), written ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded ...22 KB (3,029 words) - 10:50, 19 December 2023
- theorist and publisher, and was probably the most influential man outside ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- an American suffragist who was publicized in Gilded Age newspapers as a ... She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
- Category:Education [[Image:Musica 1488.jpg|thumb|250px|Early teaching ... Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Wallenberg family ... He was born in Kappsta, Sweden, to Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (1888-1912 ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) is regarded as one ... activist. He lectured to audiences around the world, he supported the Hull ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 02:26, 9 February 2023
- – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as ... Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. He was appointed ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (born April 30, 1651 in Reims; died ... In the process, he pioneered modern educational practices that eventually ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York ... Originally called News-Week, the weekly magazine Newsweek was founded ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- innovator, armaments manufacturer, and the inventor of dynamite. He owned ... == Early life and education == Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden ...8 KB (1,208 words) - 18:04, 20 July 2023
- 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and together ... Rose Kennedy raised children who sought to serve the greater purpose: ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce ... may include a situation that increases the likelihood a fire may start ...10 KB (1,424 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- attorneys, judges, and their law clerks in finding the legal resources ... The processes of legal research vary according to the country and ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- Her innovative pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment ... acquisition, and social relationships. The "Montessori Method," ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a ... Eleanor Roosevelt, first chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- and educator, most famous for his roles as the founder of Conservative Judaism ... Schechter came to England as a tutor of the future leader of Progressive ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which ... have a role as stewards of creation, have, in the ideal sense, a natural ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 06:10, 13 June 2023
- quot;) is a written legal document used in various adversarial legal systems ... The brief was probably so called from its at first being only a copy ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- 1995) was an American sociologist, a pioneer in mathematical sociology. He ... research, were unable to bring about the social changes he anticipated. ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- “One Who Yawns”; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829 – ... Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values—aggressiveness ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- – August 27, 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished ... Black was born in Azerbaijan but grew up in London, England, where ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- [[File:Cesare Beccaria in Dei delitti crop.jpg|thumb|Marquis of Beccaria]] and economist. His work was significant in the development of Utilitarianism ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 00:08, 4 December 2023
- Category:Education #039; Weekend" at Camp Becket of the Becket Chimney Corners YMCA ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- Category:Education jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rhodes House in Oxford, designed by Sir Herbert ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- of permissiveness. Neill deeply trusted in the ability of the student ... gives them ownership over their learning. The success of Summerhill suggests ...15 KB (2,308 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- diplomat, and philanthropist. He inherited the successful newspaper publishing ... Annenberg was born on March 13, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Sarah ...16 KB (2,264 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 years ... dominate creation, and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... Karl Mannheim was born on March 27, 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- Category:Education [[Image:WWII daycare Richmond CA.jpg|thumb|400 px ... The term day care or child care refers to the care of a child during ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 21:27, 29 March 2024
- was a French jurist and judge. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 ... In addition to his intimate involvement in producing the UDHR, Cassin ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- |popplace=United States (Nebraska) |rels=Christianity, other ... The Omaha tribe is a Native American tribe that currently reside in ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University ... Wellesley College is a women's liberal arts college that opened ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 23:29, 3 May 2023
- techniques. However, after a trip to the Soviet Union he began to distance ... One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- who made significant contributions to the classification of educational ... rather hard work. His studies showed that the most successful in their fields ...22 KB (3,277 words) - 09:17, 27 September 2023
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- literary fame at age 17, after writing the poem, "Thanatopsis." ... In addition to his contribution to romantic poetry, his essays promoted ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- established for charitable purposes only. The law favors charities because ... A charity goes beyond giving relief to the poor or homeless, extending ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth ... While Fillmore is considered by many as one of the lesser United States ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Category:Education [[Image:Modern school magazine.jpg|thumb|right|The ... Free schools have their roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 06:52, 23 January 2023
- January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African-American to ... come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the first black Justice to serve ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Lawrence Kohlberg (October 25, 1927 – January 19, 1987) was born ... Lawrence Kohlberg grew up in a wealthy family and attended Phillips ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 19:19, 23 May 2023
- is famous for his successful application of the concept of microcredit, the ... other international honors, including the ITU World Information Society ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ... Overcoming the odds of poverty, racism and the loss of her father ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- [[Image:Lillian Wald young in nurse uniform.jpg|thumb|Young Lillian ... an American nurse and social worker, active in the late nineteenth and early ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- Category:Education Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2023
- The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... Whether a crime is grave or less serious, a crime is still an act ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- The American Colonization Society was founded in Liberia 1816 by Robert ... The society held close control over the development of Liberia until ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 03:32, 24 July 2023
- February 21, 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- and politician and a founding father of the United States. He served as ... He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United ... George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed ...8 KB (1,220 words) - 07:53, 11 November 2022
- Prohibition In the United States (1920-1933) was the era during which ... Many social problems have been attributed to the Prohibition era. ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 23:11, 30 November 2022
- The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington ... Founded in January 1888, it has funded more than 7,500 scientific ...17 KB (2,345 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- he only lived for forty years, he became the most prominent American composer ... Starr wrote, "He was the first American composer to be hailed ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- known as Pusan (Pusan; 부산; 釜山), is the largest port city in the Republic ... Busan became Korea’s first international port in 1876. Busan was ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded ... Neo-Platonists revived the academy in the late antiquity. Due to the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- Legal ethics is a branch of applied ethics, having to do with the ... In many places, lawyers are bound by an ethical code that is enforced ...17 KB (2,791 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- Category:Education Academic freedom is the freedom of teachers, students, and academic ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 07:10, 14 June 2023
- A public library is a library that is open to the public and generally ... Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- He made significant contributions to Clinical Psychology. In his work ... He is considered by many "the father of industrial psychology ...13 KB (1,901 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- an American psychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology. He is ... Lewis Madison Terman was born on January 15, 1877, on a farm in Johnson ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- In business, administration consists of the performance or management ... Early in the twentieth century, management came to be regarded as ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the ... on their scope of practice and education. In the United States, a Licensed ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- economist, a pioneer of Christian socialism in America, and one of the leaders ... Richard Theodore Ely was born in Ripley, New York, as the eldest of ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Category:Education Category:Military [[Image:ROTCFTX1.jpg|thumb|right ... The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is a college-based ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
