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President of the American Association of People with Disabilities speaking to a gathering of people with disabilities.





Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865), German-Hungarian physician, greatly reduced puerperal (childbed) fever by requiring doc...
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865), German-Hungarian physician, greatly reduced puerperal (childbed) fever by requiring doctors to wash their hands. His practices were accepted only in Hungary. In the rest of Europe his ideas were generally rejected until Lister's successful advocacy of antiseptic medical practice.





Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here nurse Sarah Roberts is o...
Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here nurse Sarah Roberts is on 'patrol' with looking for illegals crossing who might need food, water, or blankets.





Group of people with disabilities displaying a petition for which they gathered signatures in support of flexible funding to ...
Group of people with disabilities displaying a petition for which they gathered signatures in support of flexible funding to allow people with disabilities to live in the community.





Activists, both with physical disabilities, at a Freedom Rally advocating for civil rights for people with disabilities





England, London, Regent Street. Throngs of people on the streets of London at the Pride London Parade.





Aristide Briand (1862-1932), French leader and statesman, whose was awarded the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy for t...
Aristide Briand (1862-1932), French leader and statesman, whose was awarded the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy for the League of Nations.





People with disabilities gathering at the registration desk for a Disability Activist Conference/Meeting.





Two people with disabilities stopping to chat in the hall during a break at a conference.





President of the American Association of Persons with Disabilities presenting at a gathering of people with disabilities.





Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the do...
Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the documentary ´Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God´ in New York The film investigates the crimes of a Milwaukee priest who a. Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the documentary ´Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God´ in New York The film investigates the crimes of a Milwaukee





The Vice President's wife, Joan Mondale, was called 'Joan of Art' because of her appreciation and support of the fine arts. S...
The Vice President's wife, Joan Mondale, was called 'Joan of Art' because of her appreciation and support of the fine arts. She is standing beside a Manet impressionist painting at the National Gallery of Art.





Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the do...
Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the documentary ´Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God´ in New York The film investigates the crimes of a Milwaukee priest who a. Advocates for reform of New York´s child sex abuse laws rally in front of the Film Forum theater during the showing of the documentary ´Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God´ in New York The film investigates the crimes of a Milwaukee





Man with a disability utilizing a cart/scooter for mobility taking notes while attending the ADAPT March on Washington event ...
Man with a disability utilizing a cart/scooter for mobility taking notes while attending the ADAPT March on Washington event to advocate for the civil rights of people with disabilities.





The man pictured was about 1300 meters from the hypocenter of the Hiroshima atomic bomb when it detonated on August 6, 1945. ...
The man pictured was about 1300 meters from the hypocenter of the Hiroshima atomic bomb when it detonated on August 6, 1945. His skin was burned from much of his body, and several of the fingers on his hand were fused together. His wife and daughter were killed. He became a tireless worker on behalf of the hibakusha, or A-Bomb survivors. He has made several pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan for world peace, and has testified before the United Nations.





Woman with multiple disabilities serving as a rolling billboard to advocate for the civil rights of people with disabilities.





Satire of feminism and women's rights advocacy showing an extreme role reversal in a 1900's American homey.





Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegal immigrants who might need medical care. Working with nurse ...
Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegal immigrants who might need medical care. Working with nurse Sarah Roberts, near Mariposa on the Mexican side of the border crossing. There's a tent there put up by the Samaritans with volunteers who give people who have been returned over the border by Border Patrol agents who had captured them over the night. They are given coffee, food and minor medical attention. Sarah Roberts is there to supervise medical care.





New York, New York City, NYC, Lower, Manhattan, Bowling Green, public park, woman, girl, teen, student, mother, daughter, act...
New York, New York City, NYC, Lower, Manhattan, Bowling Green, public park, woman, girl, teen, student, mother, daughter, activist, victim´s rights organization, child abuse prevention, public speaking, advocacy group, sign, banner,





Person with a disability speaking to a crowd of people, while facing the United States Capitol.





The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Tenant Coalition marches and rallies against landlords using allegedly illegal tactics to get rid...
The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Tenant Coalition marches and rallies against landlords using allegedly illegal tactics to get rid of low income tenants in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York The protesters marched through the streets of Williamsburg and held a. The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Tenant Coalition marches and rallies against landlords using allegedly illegal tactics to get rid of low income tenants in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York The protesters marched through the streets of Williamsbur





Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), was an American women's rights advocate, newspaper editor in Portland, Oregon. Her paper, ...
Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), was an American women's rights advocate, newspaper editor in Portland, Oregon. Her paper, THE NEW NORTHWEST, echoed her human rights advocacy, supporting education and women's suffrage.





Crowd of people with and without disabilities MARCHING to the CAPITOL as a part of the ADAPT MARCH ON WASHINGTON to advocate ...
Crowd of people with and without disabilities MARCHING to the CAPITOL as a part of the ADAPT MARCH ON WASHINGTON to advocate for the civil rights of people with disabilities.





Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here one Samaritan finds a ma...
Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here one Samaritan finds a makeshift religious altar erected by illegals. He's a retired IBM executive who decided he had to spend more time helping others. He works under the supervision of several nurses who also go out on 'Patrol'.





Woman with chains around her neck to symbolize the incarceration of people with disabilities in institutions.





DULUTH, MN - JANUARY 30: Musher Colleen Wallin competes on day 1 of the 2011 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on January 30,...
DULUTH, MN - JANUARY 30: Musher Colleen Wallin competes on day 1 of the 2011 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on January 30, 2011 in Duluth, Minnesota Editorial use only No animal rights advocacy usage





Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity-New York install sheetrock in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in New York





Self-Advocates presenting a petition to allow a person in an institution to live in the community.





Vice President Spiro Agnew visits with right wing, segregationist, Democratic governor George Wallace. Republican 1972 'South...
Vice President Spiro Agnew visits with right wing, segregationist, Democratic governor George Wallace. Republican 1972 'Southern Strategy' hoped to pick up Southern states disenchanted with the Democratic Party's advocacy for civil rights for African Americans. Oct. 12, 1972.





Three women chatting and laughing as they reflect upon their day at a Disability Activists Conference.





Leader s in the disability community speaking to a gathering of people with disabilities at an activists conference.





Chairman of the Council on Developmental Disabilities speaking at a state-wide Freedom Rally advocating for the civil rights ...
Chairman of the Council on Developmental Disabilities speaking at a state-wide Freedom Rally advocating for the civil rights of people with disabilities.





Two boys working on a leisure activity in their classroom. One child has Muscular Dystrophy and utilizes a scooter/cart for m...
Two boys working on a leisure activity in their classroom. One child has Muscular Dystrophy and utilizes a scooter/cart for mobility.





Self-Advocates presenting a petition to allow a person in an institution to live in the community





Man with a disability asking a question of a presenter at a disability rights conference.





Three women, two with disabilities, reflecting and chatting during a break at a disability rights conference.





Four advocacy ribbons on a white background with clipping paths representing breast cancer research, support for the military...
Four advocacy ribbons on a white background with clipping paths representing breast cancer research, support for the military, AIDS research and homecoming for troops





Two women with disabilities (and others) carrying a banner to advocate for people with disabilities to live in the community ...
Two women with disabilities (and others) carrying a banner to advocate for people with disabilities to live in the community rather than institutions.





Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here they work in Mariposa on...
Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegals who might need medical care. Here they work in Mariposa on the Mexican side of the Border crossing. They erect a tent there put up by 'No More Death's, with volunteers who give people who have been returned over the border by Border Patrol agents who had captured them over the night. They are given coffee, food and minor medical attention. Sarah Roberts is there to supervise medical care. She's been with the Samaritans from th
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