Social+Entrepreunership

=Social Entrepreneurship=

A social entrepreneur is someone who sees a social problem, and then uses their entreprenual skills to fix the problem. Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change. The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck. The main goal of social entrepreneurship is to further social and environmental goals for a good cause. Although social entrepreneurs often are associated with nonprofits, this need not be incompatible with making a profit.

This people are the new age reformers. They take skills that are learned for business and apply them to social problems and begin to make a change. They are similar to the Progressives in the 1890's who did similar things.

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 * ** Susan B. Anthony (U.S.) **: Fought for Women's Rights in the United States, including the right to control property and helped spearhead adoption of the 19th amendment.
 * ** Vinoba Bhave (India) **: Founder and leader of the Land Gift Movement, he caused the redistribution of more than 7,000,000 acres of land to aid India's untouchables and landless.
 * ** Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy) **: Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood education.
 * ** Florence Nightingale (U.K.) **: Founder of modern nursing, she established the first school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.
 * ** Margaret Sanger (U.S.) **: Founder of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she led the movement for family planning efforts around the world.
 * **J****ohn Muir (U.S.)** : Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club.
 * **J****ean Monnet (France)** : Responsible for the reconstruction of the French economy following World War II, including the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The ECSC and the European Common Market were direct precursors of the European Union.
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