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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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>.