Sarah G. Bagley
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Sarah G. Bagley was a prominent 19th-century American labor reformer and early advocate for women’s rights who campaigned for better working conditions and shorter hours for factory workers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sarah G. Bagley canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
19th-century American activist
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labor reformer ⓘ person ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
better working conditions in factories
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greater rights for women workers ⓘ shorter working hours for factory workers ⓘ ten-hour workday legislation ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
industrial reform
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labor rights ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| founded | Lowell Female Labor Reform Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the earliest female leaders in the American labor movement
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pioneer in linking labor reform with women's rights ⓘ |
| influenced |
early American feminists
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later labor reformers in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership among the Lowell mill operatives
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organizing female factory workers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lowell Female Labor Reform Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
early feminist movement
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labor movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for improved working conditions in textile mills
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campaigning for a ten-hour workday for factory workers ⓘ early advocacy for women's rights in the workplace ⓘ writing and speaking on labor reform issues ⓘ |
| occupation |
factory worker
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labor reformer ⓘ telegraph operator ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Lowell, Massachusetts
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Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | labor reform ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Voice of Industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokeAgainst |
excessively long workdays in textile mills
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unsafe factory conditions ⓘ |
| supportedCause |
protection of factory workers' health
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regulation of working hours ⓘ women's participation in reform movements ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| trailblazerFor |
women in clerical and telegraph work
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women in industrial labor organizing ⓘ |
| workedAs |
mill operative in Lowell, Massachusetts
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telegraph operator in the 1840s ⓘ |
| workedAt | Lowell textile mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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