FLORENCE KELLEY

WHEN?
DOB: Sep 12, 1859
DOD: Feb 17, 1932

WHEN ELSE

• Nat'l consumer leagues first gen. Secretary in 1899
• 1909- helped create Nat'l Assoc. Of Advancement of Colored People
• 1899- Hull House
• 1893- chief Factory inspector
• 1907- Muller v. Oregon

BACKGROUND

• Dad- William D. Kelley: founder of Republican Party, abolitionist
• Early supporter of women's suffrage
• Studied at Cornell, intercollegiate socialist society
• Activist for African American rights
• Friend of Karl Marx

PRIMARY ISSUE/TASK

• Child labor- fought to make it illegal for children under 14 to work and limit hours for those under 16
• Sought to give right for education "children must be nurtured to be intelligent people
• Studied patterns of distribution of funds
• Wanted factory inspections to monitor working conditions

SUCCESSES

• Lobbied Illinois legislature to pass law establishing 8 hour work days for women
• Awarded law degree from Northwestern
• Admitted to Illinois Bar
• Compiled statistics for Muller v. Oregon
• Published Modern Industry in Relation to Family, Health, Education, and Morality

CONT...

• 1921- Sheppard Towner maternity and infancy protection act
• 1925- compiled Supreme Court and minimum wage legislation