Hannah More was born on February 2, 1745, in Gloucestershire, England. She was not only an English religious writer and philanthropist, but she was also an educator. Her most famous works include Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great to General Society and The Sorrows of Yamba. More was also a playwright who wrote about moral and religious subjects.

In the 1770s, she made frequent visits to London, where she met William Wilberforce, an abolitionist philanthropist. Here stemmed her interest in the Evangelicals. During the French Revolution, her voice calling to change traditional values had a powerful impact and approval. More was able to recognize that society was not only static but acknowledge that their civilization was dependent on the large population of the poor. Later on in the 1790s, Hannah More wrote Cheap Repository Tracts which discussed moral, political and religious issues that should be shared with the poor.

She was also able to establish clubs for women and schools for children despite the heavy amount of abuse and opposition by country neighbors who, in turn, believed that if the poor were to be educated, they would stray away from the clergy and their farming duties.

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