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
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