#reformist__reformer__crusader__meliorist a disputant who advocates reform supertype: disputant a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy instance: Anthony_Comstock John_Huss Robert_Owen Girolamo_Savonarola Francis_Everett_Townsend John_Wilkes subtype: abolitionist__emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery instance: Henry_Ward_Beecher__Beecher John_Brown__Brown Frederick_Douglass__Douglass William_Lloyd_Garrison__Garrison Harriet_Elizabeth_Beecher_Stowe__Stowe__Harriet_Beecher_Stowe Arthur_Tappan__Tappan Sojourner_Truth__Truth Harriet_Tubman__Tubman Theodore_Dwight_Weld__Weld subtype: birth-control_campaigner__birthcontrolcampaigner__birth-control_reformer__birthcontrolreformer a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning instance: Marie_Charlotte_Carmichael_Stopes__Stopes__Marie_Stopes subtype: Chartist a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people subtype: civil_rights_leader__civil_rights_worker a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups instance: Julian_Bond__Bond William_Edward_Burghardt_Du_Bois__Du_Bois__W._E._B._Du_Bois Medgar_Wiley_Evers__Evers__Medgar_Evers James_Leonard_Farmer__Farmer Jesse_Louis_Jackson__Jackson__Jesse_Jackson Martin_Luther_King_Jr.__King__Martin_Luther_King Malcolm_X__Malcolm_Little James_Howard_Meredith__Meredith__James_Meredith Rosa_Parks__Parks Paul_Bustill_Robeson__Robeson__robeson__paulrobeson Roy_Wilkins__Wilkins Whitney_Moore_Young_Jr.__Young__Whitney_Young subtype: protester__demonstrator someone who participates in a public display of group feeling subtype: picket.protester a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work subtype: dry__prohibitionist a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages instance: Carry_Amelia_Moore_Nation__Nation__Carry_Nation Frances_Elizabeth_Caroline_Willard__Willard subtype: environmentalist__conservationist someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution subtype: Green an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party instance: Rachel_Louise_Carson__Carson__Rachel_Carson Barbara_Ward__Ward__Baroness_Jackson_of_Lodsworth subtype: feminist__women's_rightist__women'srightist__women's_liberationist__women'sliberationist__libber a supporter of feminism subtype: suffragette a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) instance: Simone_de_Beauvoir__Beauvoir Betty_Naomi_Friedan__Friedan__Betty_Friedan Charlotte_Anna_Perkins_Gilman__Gilman Lucretia_Coffin_Mott__Mott Alice_Paul__Paul Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton__Stanton Gloria_Steinem__Steinem Lucy_Stone__Stone Sojourner_Truth__Truth Mary_Wollstonecraft_Godwin__Wollstonecraft__Mary_Wollstonecraft Frances_Wright__Wright__Fanny_Wright subtype: hippie__hippy__hipster__flowerchild someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle subtype: insurgent__insurrectionist__freedom_fighter__freedomfighter__rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) subtype: mutineer open rebellion and refusal to obey authorities (especially by seamen or soldiers) instance: Nat_Turner__Turner Denmark_Vesey__Vesey Sir_William_Wallace__Wallace subtype: militant__activist a militant reformer subtype: Black_Muslim activist member of a largely Black American group called The Nation of Islam instance: Elijah_Muhammad__Muhammad subtype: Black_Panther a member of the Black Panthers political party instance: Malcolm_X__Malcolm_Little subtype: non-resistant__nonresistant__passive_resister__passiveresister a reformer who believes in passive resistance subtype: Utopian an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
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