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Florence Kelley

Florence Kelley . By: Vanessa Cardy. Background History. Sep. 12 th , 1859 - Feb. 17 th , 1932 Father: William Darrah Kelly Mother: Caroline Bartram Bonsall Siblings: two brothers, five sisters Education: Cornell University University of Zurich Northwestern University. Goals.

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Florence Kelley

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  1. Florence Kelley By: Vanessa Cardy

  2. Background History • Sep. 12th, 1859 - Feb. 17th, 1932 • Father: William Darrah Kelly • Mother: Caroline Bartram Bonsall • Siblings: two brothers, five sisters • Education: • Cornell University • University of Zurich • Northwestern University

  3. Goals • Develop maternal & child health services • Reform child labor • Enforce mandatory school attendance • Provide protective legislation for working women • Establish minimum wage laws • Legalize a 10-hour working day for women

  4. How It Started Child Labor Reform • Midnight tour of factories • Saw young boys working in making glass & steel Child Health Services • Mother’s painstaking grief • Only survivor of five other little girls from her mother

  5. Membership • Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, held factory inspector position • Intercollegiate Socialist Society, president from 1913-1920 • National Woman Suffrage Association, served as Vice President • National Consumers’ League (NCL), served as Secretary, headed for 34 years

  6. Founded Organizations • New York Child Labor Committee • National Child Labor Committee • National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) • Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom • Women’s Trade Union League

  7. Efforts in Legislation • Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906 • Children’s Bureau of 1912 • Sheppard-Towner Maternity & Infancy Protection Act of 1921 • Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 • Supreme Court ruling in Muller vs. Oregon

  8. Other Achievements • Gave lectures at the Hull House • Wrote essays on socialism & industrial problems • Published ‘Some Ethical Gains Through Legislation’ (1905) & ‘Modern Industry in Relation to the Family, Health, Education, Morality’ (1914) • Organized 60 different leagues in 20 states, plus 2 international conferences

  9. Works Cited Kennedy, David M., ELizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant A History of the Republic Advanced Placement Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Print. "Florence Kelley: A Commitment to Social Work." Webster University. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. <http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/kelley.html>. "Florence Kelley -- A Woman of Fierce Fidelity." Boise State University. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. <http://www.boisestate.edu/SOCWORK/DHUFF/history/extras/kelly.htm>.

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