Florence Kelley was best known for her work in trying to
improve working conditions and protect the rights of workers back in the late 1800s and
early 1900s.
Among her main achievements
were:
- She translated a book by Friedrich Engels
(who cowrote the "Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx) into English. The book was
The Conditions of the Working-class in England in
1844. - She was an inspector in charge of
monitoring working conditions in factories in
Illinois. - She conducted major sociological research among
the poor people of Chicago. - She was the head of the
National Consumers' League -- an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of
women and children workers. - She convinced the Illinois
legislature to limit women's work days to 8
hours.
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