 Sep. 12 th, Feb. 17 th, 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  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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