Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Joan Waste ( 1534 â `` 1 August 1556 ) was a blind woman who was burned in Derby for refusing to renounce her Protestant faith .
Simplified: Joan Waste ( 1534 - 1 August 1556 ) was a blind woman who was burned in Derby because she would not stop being a Protestant .