Description: (Former United States Minister to the Two Sicilies (1853 - 1858))
Robert Dale Owen was a prominent social reformer and politician who served in the Indiana House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. He played a crucial role in the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution and was a member of its first Board of Regents. Owen was also a delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention and later served as U.S. chargé d'affaires to Naples. He advocated for socialist doctrines, spiritualism, women's rights, public education, and the abolition of slavery, and wrote extensively on these topics.