far out in the south pacific, thousand miles north of new zealand is the reach of tonga. this island rises apart from others. for centuries, its people have been relatively isolated, with only occasional visitors and a small trade for bananas. times are changing in tonga. new markets have opened in asia. there was a tongan merchant marine with vessels built in europe. the planes will bring more and more tourists to the friendly island. more islanders will leave to study in other countries. under the leadership of the queen and the prime minister, tonga s isolation is disappearing. the latest government has been prudent and progressive. its rule of prosperity without destroying traditional customs. looking forward to the expansion of trade, the government carefully considered the effective increase of cutbacks to the outside world. it was realized there was a very definite and growing threat to the tongan people. the population was totally unprotected against smallpox. and s
arlington provided this video. professor cole: today s class is doing a couple different things for us. i am going to tell you about the history of lucretia coffin mott, who was a noted antebellum reformer, one of the most famous women of her day. and she was noted because she was active in the cause against slavery. she was a famous abolitionist. she opposed indian removal and supported native american rights. she was an attendee at the first women s rights convention and a frequent speaker at women s rights meetings through the 1850 s. and she spoke on a number of other causes, major and minor, of her day. she believed in religious tolerance, she believed in temperance, and a number of other social causes of her day. so i am going to talk about her, but i am doing a couple other things for you here too. the premise of this course is the idea that you must understand women reformers in the context of their day. so i am going to trace her personal context, which is very impor
there was a tongan merchant inine with vessels built europe. the planes will bring more and more tourists to the friendly island. more islanders will leave to study in other countries. under the leadership of the queen and the prime minister, tonga s isolation is disappearing. the latest government has been prudent and progressive. rule of prosperity without destroying traditional customs. looking forward to the expansion of trade, the government carefully considered the effective increase of cutbacks to the outside world. it was realized there was a very definite and growing threat to the tongan people. the population was totally unprotected against smallpox. and smallpox is a disease which is rampant throughout southeast asia. this was tonga s problem, to vaccinate a vulnerable population of 70,000 against smallpox. to do it immediately and inexpensively. [singing] tonga inrty came to march of 1964 in response to a request by the tongan government. there were five of us f
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