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Robert Owen   /rˈɑbərt ˈoʊən/   Listen
Robert Owen

noun
1.
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).  Synonym: Owen.






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"Robert Owen" Quotes from Famous Books



... nobility; also with many prominent members of the Society of Friends, among them Joseph Gurney and his sister Elizabeth Fry, the eminent philanthropist, in whose company she visited Newgate Prison. In 1832 she made the acquaintance of Robert Owen, and warmly espoused his principles. In 1834 she presided at the formation of a society called "The Association of all Classes of all Nations, without distinction of sect, sex, party condition, or color." ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage



Words linked to "Robert Owen" :   crusader, social reformer, Owen, industrialist, reformist, meliorist, reformer



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