In some of the world’s most challenging legal systems, one lawyer is proving that justice can cross every border. A Lawyer Who Refuses to Give Up Some people see the law as a collection of rules. Kimberley Motley sees it as a powerful tool for protecting people who might otherwise have no voice. An American […]
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an early British feminist, writer and controversial thinker who promoted educational and social equality for women. A radical proposition at the time, a main argument she defended in her writings was that girls and boys should be educated together and that women and men should share parental responsibilities. Her life was […]
In Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880, a baby girl was born who would make a difference to millions. Her name was Helen Keller and she was no ordinary child; at 19 months old, she contracted a disease (possibly rubella or scarlet fever) that caused her to lose her sight and hearing. As a consequence, she also […]
