People who have helped the world
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People who have helped the world
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People who have helped the world
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- Peter Benenson, taking a stand against injustice--Amnesty International, by David Winner
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Valerie Schloredt
- Robert Baden-Powell, by Julia Courtney
- Marie Curie, by Beverley Birch
- John Muir, naturalist, writer, and guardian of the North American wilderness, by Sally Tolan
- Mikhail Gorbachev, revolutionary for democracy, by Anna Sproule
- Louis Pasteur, the scientist who discovered the cause of infectious disease and invented pasteurization, by Beverley Birch
- Nelson Mandela, strength and spirit of a free South Africa, by Benjamin Pogrund
- The Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of the people of Tibet and tireless worker for world peace, by Christopher Gibb
- Oscar Arias, peacemaker and leader among nations, by Kelli Peduzzi with assistance from Ronnie Cummins
- Father Damien, the man who lived and died for the victims of leprosy, by Pam Brown
- Mahatma Gandhi, the man who freed India and led the world in non-violent change, by Michael Nicholson
- Betty Friedan, voice for women's rights, advocate of human rights, by Susan Taylor-Boyd
- Bob Geldof, the pop star who raised $140 million for famine relief in Ethiopia, by Charlotte Gray
- Lech Walesa, the leader of Solidarity and campaigner for freedom and human rights in Poland, by Mary Craig
- Mother Teresa, her mission to serve God by caring for the poor, by Charlotte Gray
- Desmond Tutu, by David Winner
- Edward R. Murrow, by Sprague Vonier
- Abraham Lincoln, leader of a nation in crisis, by Anna Sproule
- Jane Addams, pioneer in social reform and activist for world peace, by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Norman Bethune, doctor for the people, by Anne Corkett
- Sir Peter Scott, by Julia Courtney
- Ralph Nader, crusader for safe consumer products and lawyer for the public interest, by Kelli Peduzzi
- Charlie Chaplin, by Pam Brown
- Maria Montessori, by Michael Pollard
- Sojourner Truth, the courageous former slave whose eloquence helped promote human equality, by Susan Taylor-Boyd