history project help?

Question

I am doing a paper onlesser known political figures who took unpopular stands based on decisions of conscience. I was wondering if any one has any ideas. I was also wondering if anyone knows what republicans were originally against the war in iraq or knows where i can find out more. That is one of my ideas.
Thanks alot

just one note the people have to have made the difference in the last 40 years

Answer 1

Oscar Schindler - The movie Schindler's List
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The young man in China's Tiananmen Square
The Hungarian people during the spontaneous revolt against Soviet rule

Answer 2

Dont know if this will help you or not, but you could consider doing your piece on President Gerald Ford who just recently passed away. He is know to those old enough to remember the Viet Nam war and the Watergate scandal, but most of the younger generation would not be overly familiar with him. Ford is referred to as the accidental president as he was never elected. He recieved great criticism for his pardoning of former president Nixon before anyone knew what crimes he was accused of.

As to your question about republicans against the war in Iriq, I would refer you to your area representative office. An email should get you the answer you seek.

Answer 3

go on zfacts.com...nice website i won't trust its credibility, but would give u a lots of information on how many reps were against iraq war....good luck with the project. And as far as the political figure, why not go with the recent Al Gore's global warming campaign/stands...i know he's not really "lesser known" but would go great with a decision entirely based on conscience.

Answer 4

you could talk about Gerald Ford and how he pardoned Nixon. Thats most likely the reason that he wasn't elected for another term. wow lol i didn't even look at the other person's ^answer.

Answer 5

Shirin Ebadi (1947-) On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children.
Guru Nanak (1469-1539) The founder of Sikhism also promoted equal rights for Women
Qasim Amin (1863-1908) - Egyptian jurist, early advocate of women’s rights in Islamic society
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) - American civil rights leader and suffragette, co-founder of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, tried for casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election
Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) - Puerto Rican labor union suffragette; jailed for wearing pants in public
Unity Dow (born 1959) - Botswanan judge and writer, plaintiff in a case that allowed children of Botswanan women and foreign nationals to be considered Batswana
Carolyn Egan (birthdate unknown) - Canadian-American trade unionist and feminist, advocate for women’s reproductive rights, including access to birth control, abortion, and sex education
Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931) - Egyptian writer and doctor, advocate for women’s health and equality
Marianne Hainisch (1839-1936) - Austrian activist, proponent of women’s right to work and to receive education
Sor Juana (c. 1651-1695) - Mexican nun, scholar, and proponent of women’s education
Raden Adjeng Kartini (1879-1904) - Javanese advocate for native Indonesian women, critic of polygamous marriages and lack of education opportunities for women
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990) - Indian-Pakistani activist, founder of the All Pakistan Women’s Association, organizer of women’s nursing and first aid corps to help refugees in Delhi despite public resistance to women working outside the home
Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890) - Indian social reformer, critic of the caste system, founded a school for girls, a widow-remarriage initiative, a home for upper caste widows, and a home for infant girls to discourage female infanticide
Dora Russell (1894-1986) - British progressive campaigner, advocate of marriage reform, birth control and female emancipation
Hoda Shaarawi (1879-1947) - Egyptian feminist, organizer for the Mubarrat Muhammad Ali (women’s social service organization), the Union of Educated Egyption Women and the Wafdist Women’s Central Committee, founder and first president of the Egyptian Feminist Union
Shamima Shaikh (1960-1998) - South African activist, member of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa, proponent of Islamic gender equality
Kate Sheppard (1847-1934) - New Zealand suffragette, influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first national election in which women were allowed to vote)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) - American social activist, abolitionist, and suffragette, organizer of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention, co-founder of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the International Council of Women
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) - American civil rights and anti-lynching activist, suffragette noted for her refusal to avoid media attention because she was African American
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, advocate of women’s equality and rationality
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement