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- William Cobbett - Radical journalist and publisher of the Political Register, the main newspaper read by the working class. After the passing of the 1832 Reform Act he was able to win the parliamentary seat of Oldham in the House of Commons where he concentrated his energies on attacking corruption in government. (1763-1835)
- Stephen Reynolds - Reynolds took an interest in working class life and in 1909 his book, A Poor Man's House was published. A second book, Seems So! A Working-Class View of Politics followed two years later. (1881 - 1919)
- James Greenwood - The son of a coach-builder, was born in London in the 1840s. As a young man he obtained employment on the Pall Mall Gazette. Sympathetic to the plight of the working-class, Greenwood wrote several articles highlighting the problems of poor housing and public heath.
- William Booth - Founded the Whitechapel Christian Mission in London's East End to help feed and house the poor. The mission was reorganized in 1878 along military lines, with the preachers known as officers and Booth as the general. Became known as the Salvation Army. (1829-1912)
- Seebohm Rowntree - Rowntree carried out many studies into poverty such as Poverty, A Study of Town Life and How the Labourer Lives. (1871 - 1954)
- Edwin Chadwick - Outlines the career of this nineteenth century lawyer who campaigned for public health and published a report showing that disease was directly related to living conditions.
- Hull - Situated where the River Hull flows into the Humber estuary. Noted for its wool exporting and deep-sea fishing base. Includes brief history and excerpt from a work by Daniel Defoe.
- Stoke - Became the center of the pottery industry. Includes brief history and excerpt from The Morning Chronicle.
- Halifax - Was an important center for wool trade. Includes brief history and excerpts from works of Daniel Defoe and Angus Reach.
- Southampton - Seaport standing on the peninsula between the mouths of the rivers Test and Itchen. Includes short history and excerpt from a work by Daniel Defoe.
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- Jacqueline Novogratz - Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that works to solve the problems of global poverty by delivering affordable, critical goods and services – like health, housing and water – to the poor.
- Black Belt (U.S. region) - ... is the name of a region of the United States. Originally referring to the prairies and dark soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi, the term has long been used for a broad region in the American South characterized by a high population percentage of African Americans, acute poverty, rural decline, inadequate education programs, low educational attainment, poor health care, substandard housing, and high levels of crime and unemployment.