Florence Kelley

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Florence Kelley was a prominent American social and political reformer who championed labor rights, child welfare, and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Florence Moltrop Kelley 1

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instanceOf child welfare advocate
labor rights activist
political reformer
social reformer
suffragist
women's rights activist
authorOf Modern Industry in Relation to the Family, Health, Education, Morality
Some Ethical Gains Through Legislation
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1859-09-12
dateOfDeath 1932-02-17
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Zurich
employer Illinois
surface form: State of Illinois
endTime 1897
1932
familyName Kelley
father William Darrah Kelley
fatherOccupation U.S. Congressman
fieldOfWork child labor regulation
labor reform
social justice
women's labor rights
fullName Florence Kelley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florence Moltrop Kelley
givenName Florence
knownFor advocacy for women workers and protective labor laws
leading figure in the National Consumers League
pioneering efforts to end child labor in the United States
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
memberOf Hull House
National Consumers League
movement Progressive Era reform movement
notableWork Hull House
surface form: The Working Children’s Centre at Hull House

advocacy for federal child labor legislation in the United States
advocacy for minimum wage laws for women
campaigns against sweatshops
campaigns for child labor laws in Illinois
promotion of eight-hour workday for women
support for protective labor legislation
support for women's suffrage in the United States
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
politicalAlignment Progressive
positionHeld Chief Factory Inspector of Illinois
General Secretary of the National Consumers League
sexOrGender female
startTime 1893
1899
workedAt Hull House
surface form: Hull House, Chicago

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NAACP founder Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley fullName Florence Kelley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Florence Moltrop Kelley
Hull House notableResident Florence Kelley
Progressive Era significantFigure Florence Kelley