Worlds of Reform

Take the great outburst of social reform ambitions in the early nineteenth-century United States, when movements for the abolition of slavery, the establishment of women's rights, labor unionism, and universal suffrage challenged the established laws and mores of the new republic. Florence Kell...

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Published inMagazine of history Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 49 - 54
Main Author Rodgers, Daniel T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington Organization of American Historians 01.10.2006
Subjects
America on the World Stage
American history
Assertiveness
Catholics
Child Welfare
Democracy
Dialect Studies
Females
Feminism
Governmental reform
Grass roots movement
Historical Interpretation
History
Human trafficking
Hunger
Labor Legislation
Labor Standards
Minimum wage
Nation states
Networks
Political reform
Politics
Poverty
Religion
Slavery
Social Action
Social insurance
Social Problems
Social reform
Strikes
Think tanks
United States reform movements
Womens suffrage movements
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Summary:Take the great outburst of social reform ambitions in the early nineteenth-century United States, when movements for the abolition of slavery, the establishment of women's rights, labor unionism, and universal suffrage challenged the established laws and mores of the new republic. Florence Kelle/s reform career combined graduate studies in politics and economics in Zurich, an eight-year Hull House residence in Chicago, directorship of the Illinois factory inspection service, a stint as American correspondent for a major German journal of social legislation, presidency of the National Consumers' League, and a widely flung correspondence with reformers abroad.
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ISSN:0882-228X
1938-2340
DOI:10.1093/maghis/20.5.49