Alice Hanna
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 Alice Hanna | |
| Born | January 14, 1760 Athema, Greater Athema |
| Nationality | Hiraeth |
| Citizenship | Hiraethian |
| Education | University of Athema |
| Occupation | Policy Analyst |
| Years active | 1800 - Present |
| Employer | University of Athema |
| Known for | Public Policy Work, Philanthropy, Political Activism |
| Net worth | ₲ 30.1 million |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Title | Analyst |
| Spouse(s) | Marcus Hanna (b. 1754) |
| Parent(s) | Hasdrubal Hasdrubal, Elissa Hasdruballa |
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Alice Hanna (nee Alice Hasdruballa, b. January 14, 1760) is an Hiraethian Zamareise politician, educator, author, and policy analyst since 1800. She graduated from the University of Athema in 1786 with a degree in public administration. She began working as an educator in the university and became a symbol of Zamareise representation in the capital city. She was appointed as a policy analyst for the university's paper and has been its lead author since.
Alice Hanna was born to Hasdrubal Hasdrubal, a Zamareise philosopher, astronomer, and playwright who had moved to Athema in order to escape political persecution at home, embracing the relatively free environment of the University of Athema. An only child, Alice was educated by her father at home until she married Marcus Hanna, a Betanian philanthropist, socialite, nobleman, and Utilitarian philosopher, on May 26, 1780. Marcus' sudden contraction of palsy the following March caused Alice to reorient her priorities towards ensuring his proper care, especially given what she has been known to refer to as 'malicious obstacles' in the medical and political system of Athema.
Following her husband's condition stabilizing, she enrolled in University, where she quickly rose through the ranks. She obtained her baccalaureate degree in political philosophy in late 1783, and defended her dissertation "On the Advancement of Social Causes in the Governments of Man for the Purpose of Greater Utility" in 1786, obtaining a PhD in Public Administration. She remained in postdoctoral positions at the University without accepting a professorship, in order to advocate for the greater advancement of her husband's rights. During the liberal reforms of 1801-2, she strongly advocated for the establishment of the "right to happiness" in the constitution, though this effort ultimately failed.
Dr. Hanna has been a staunch advocate for medical advancements, prison reform, and an expanded welfare state. The broad popularity of her essays among more reformist factions of governments, along with worldwide acclaim among liberal politicians and Utilitarian philosophers, has enabled her to gain significant political momentum. However, her strong royalist stance and insistence on the "common-sense" reasoning behind a monarchy has also made her somewhat popular among more maverick traditionalist factions, especially in the military. Her husband's status as a wealthy Betanian noble, combined with her shrewd investing increasing their fortune to an excess of ₲10 million, has made her influence difficult to ignore, even in spaces where Zamareise people are not as welcome.
She has remained a strong critic of the government of Hiraeth, arguing that its reforms do not go far enough and that the government is at times outright tyrannical, while simultaneously arguing that reforms must be stabilized by an independent Hiraethian Crown.