Mother Jones

Mother Jones

female, deceased (1930)
Roman Catholic, activist, Irish-American, Labor leader, ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, labor…industrial worker of the world, labor movement, Industrial Workers of the World leader, Member of the Socialist Party of America
Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, and Wobbly.
Jane Addams

Jane Addams

female, deceased (1935)
ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, gym, Rockford College, Gymnasium, East End of London, Nobel Peace Prize laureate…The Bitter Cry of Outcast London, the new yorker
Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement. Born in...
Florence Kelley

Florence Kelley

female, deceased (1932)
African Americans' rights activist, Pacifist, Feminist, American, ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, Consumer rights activist
Florence Kelley (September 12, 1859 - February 17, 1932) was a reformer from Philadelphia. She was the daughter of Congressman William Darrah "Pig...
Grace Abbott

Grace Abbott

female, deceased (1939)
ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, hull house, feminism, from Nebraska, University of Chicago alumni, American social worker…child welfare, The Immigrant and the Community, United States Children's Bureau, The Child and the State
Grace Abbott (November 17, 1878 - June 19, 1939) was an American social worker who specifically worked in advancing child welfare. Her older sister...
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

female, deceased (1920)
Progressive reformer, ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, women’s suffrage, Progressivism in the United States, Lexington Herald, From Kentucky
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and one of Kentucky's leading Progressive reformers. She was also kn...

Israel Moore Foster

male, deceased (1950)
ChildlaborintheUnitedStates, politician, Harvard Law School, united states constitution, republican party, Ohio State University alumni…United States Congress, Child Labor Amendment
Israel Moore Foster (1873-1950) was a Republican Representative in the United States Congress from the State of Ohio He was born in Athens, Ohio,...