Which author's writings about children starving in workhouses and debtors serving time in prison awakened middle-class British readers to the need for reform? A. Charles wingspanens B. Karl Marx C. Charles Darwin D. Sir Edwin Chadwick

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Which author's writings about children starving in workhouses and debtors serving time in prison awakened middle-class British readers to the need for reform? A. Charles wingspanens B. Karl Marx C. Charles Darwin D. Sir Edwin Chadwick

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It was "Sir Edwin Chadwick" whose writings about children starving in workhouses and debtors serving time in prison awakened middle-class British readers to the need for reform. He was especially concerned with the Poor Laws which kept many poor people from experiencing any upward mobility.