LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Reform Movement that advocated for better treatment of prisoners.
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Reform movement that advocated for equal pay for the disabled workers.
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Reform movement that advocated for those who could not properly care for themselves, like the mentally ill and physically disabled.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1993, Late Mr Javed Abidi founded the Disabled Rights Group (DRG) – India’s first platform for a cross-disability advocacy group. DRG, a political lobby group on the rights of persons with disabilities, has led several successful advocacy campaigns leading to the onset of India’s Disability Rights Movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The campaign for Anti-discrimination Legislation The Disabled People’s Movement continues to campaign for full and comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation. We are demanding that laws be passed that would give us the right to be treated the same as non-disabled people in every area.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dorothea Dix played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill. She was a leading figure in those national and international movements that challenged the idea that people with mental disturbances could not be cured or helped.