Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a Polish economist, intellectual, social critic, and human rights advocate. Lipinski’s career

Was a Polish economist, intellectual, social critic, and human rights advocate. Lipinski’s career spanned almost seven decades. Throughout his career, he held a series of advisory positions within the government, founded several organizations, and published books and essays on economic policy. His works concerned business cycles, growth theory and other areas in economics. Fighter for Polish independence, Socialist activist in the Second Polish Republic, opponent of communism in the People's Republic of Poland.

A lawyer by training, Dr. Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour, cooperative, wome

A lawyer by training, Dr. Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements who has won several national and international awards.In 1956, Ela Bhatt married Ramesh Bhatt (now deceased). After working for sometime with the Gujarat government, Ela was asked by the TLA to head it's women's wing in 1968. In this connection she went to Israel where she studied at the Afro-Asian Institute of Labor and Cooperatives in Tel Aviv for three months, receiving the International Diploma of Labor and Cooperatives in 1971. She was very much influenced by the fact that thousands of women related to textile worker worked elsewhere to supplement the family income

Was a Moldavian-born Romanian Jewish historian, essayist, novelist and newspaperman, also known as a

Was a Moldavian-born Romanian Jewish historian, essayist, novelist and newspaperman, also known as a political activist and philanthropist. Writing in several languages (Romanian, Yiddish, French), he focused his studies on the Romanian Jewish community, while steadily publishing articles and brochures which confronted antisemitism. The brother of literary historian Moses Schwarzfeld, Elias was the uncle of poet-philosopher Benjamin Fondane.

Was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform. Her fa

Was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform. Her fame as a writer rests upon her work Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840. She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners [1]. During a brief stint as matron of the women's ward at Sing Sing Prison, she also advocated using music and kindness in the rehabilitation of female prisoners.

Was a Swedish philanthropist. Elsa Brändström was born in 1888 in St. Petersburg, the daughter of

Was a Swedish philanthropist. Elsa Brändström was born in 1888 in St. Petersburg, the daughter of the Military Attache at the Swedish Embassy, Edvard Brändström, and his wife Anna Eschelsson. In 1891, when Elsa was three years old, Edvard Brändström and his family returned to Sweden. In 1906, Brändström, now a General, became the Swedish Ambassador at the court of Tsar Nicholas II and returned to St Petersburg.

Was a member of the Yokut people, Native Americans of northern and central California. Born in about

Was a member of the Yokut people, Native Americans of northern and central California. Born in about 1793 on the Laquisimas River, today known as the Stanislaus River, near present day Modesto, CA. At the age of 28 on September 24, 1821, he moved to Mission San Jose, in what is now Fremont, California. Estanislao was the alcalde of the community before he left the mission with about 400 followers in 1827.The Franciscan friars and Mexican settlers pleaded for help from the Mexican army. Finally, the Governor called the army into action. Three expeditions from the Presidio of San Francisco and the Presidio of Monterey failed to subdue the band. A fourth, larger force led by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo finally ousted Estanislao and his people from the Laquisimas River in the Spring of 1829. Both Vallejo and Estanislao were accused of brutality and atrocities by their forces in the battle.

An Argentine model, beauty queen and dancer. She gained international attention for her actions duri

An Argentine model, beauty queen and dancer. She gained international attention for her actions during an international Presidential summit held on May 12, 2006.Carrozzo had won the regional queen of Guayleguaychú title months before she participated in the international Presidents' reunion. At the time, a controversy was heating up between Argentina and Uruguay as Uruguayan paper factories had set foot near Gualeguaychu, and Gualeguaychu residents were growing impatient at the situation. As weeks progressed, the situation gained international attention.

Is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party. He has been a member of the Dutch House of Representat

Is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party. He has been a member of the Dutch House of Representatives since 6 October 2005.[1]

An Argentine historian and political activist who has written many articles and books about intellec

An Argentine historian and political activist who has written many articles and books about intellectual history, globalization, anti-capitalism and left-wing politics.Adamovsky has been involved in national and international social movements such as the Asambleas movement (a grassroots phenomenon emerging in Argentina after the Rebellion of 2001), a number of collectives of global resistance and the World Social Forum.He is currently employed as Professor of Russian History at the University of Buenos Aires and as Researcher in CONICET. He is also a frequent contributor to left-leaning periodicals and web-pages, such as Z Magazine, Rebelion.org, and Opendemocracy.org.