The BBC is broadcasting a 3 part TV series starting on BBC2 next Monday on Britain's 19th-century philanthropists and social engineers. They call then "do-gooders."
The people to be featured are mentioned in the latest BBC History Magazine: William Wilberforce, (Jane) Ellice Hopkins, Lord Shaftesbury, Mary Carpenter, W T Stead, Robert Owen, Frederick Charrington, Thomas Barnardo, Octavia Hill and William Gladstone.
I'd heard of Wilberforce, Shaftesbury, Barnardo and Gladstone. The others I had to Google - most had Wikipedia pages, linked above..
It got me to wondering, who were Canada's do-gooders in the 19th century?
Regrettably Canadians don't have the BBC to help with such questions. And to expect it from the CBC would be laughable.
Emily Stowe and Joseph Workman spring to mind. But then, I was brought up in the Unitarian church and they were both Unitarians, so we were told about them.
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