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Fowler too had an influence on modern psychology. He is remembered as a man of universal reform who preached for education and temperance. Orson, like his sister-in-law Lydia Fowler, held forth for the equality for women at a time when women had virtually no legal rights in the United States. Orson stood for children's rights when child labor was quite acceptable in the burgeoning industrial factories of his country.


These claims all lack sources and seem contrary to beliefs shared in his writings and what's portrayed in the rest of the article. Sounds more like praise of a man who popularized a dangerous pseudoscience than what should be present in an encyclopedia. The paragraph starts with a claim that he influenced modern psychology, this seems much more relevant than uncited descriptions about his character. Temporalarcheologist (talk) 15:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]