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Name: Florence Kelley
Birth Date: September 12, 1859
Death Date: February 17, 1932
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Death: Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: social worker

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Biography of Florence Kelley
397 words, approx. 1 pages
Florence Kelley (1859-1932), American social worker and reformer, fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. Florence Kelley was born on September 12, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of U.S. congressman...
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Biography of Florence Kelley
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Florence Kelley is a crucial figure in American social and labor history, best known for her efforts to improve social conditions affecting children and laborers at the turn of the twentieth century. Overcoming both gender barriers and political strife...


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Kelley, Florence Summary
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Florence Kelley Born September 12, 1859 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Died February 17, 1932 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Social worker Florence Kelley was a passionate crusader for workers' rights in an era when there was almost no federal or...
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Florence Kelley Summary
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Florence Kelley Born September 12, 1859 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died February 17, 1932 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Child-welfare activist, workplace reformer, women’s rights activist, and lawyer Florence Kelley spent the better part of four...
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Florence Kelley Information
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Florence Kelley (September 12, 1859 - February 17, 1932) was a reformer from Philadelphia. She was the daughter of Congressman William Darrah "Pig Iron" Kelley, a self-made man who renounced his business activities to become an abolitionist, a founder...


News and Journals
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The Nation
Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Women's Political Culture, 1830-1900. (book reviews)
06/05/1995: 2,370 words, approx. 8 pages
By Kathryn Kish Sklar Yale. 437pp. $35. In 1886, having just completed the first (and classic) English translation of Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England, Florence Kelley wrote Engels of the difficulties she was encountering promoting his book in...
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Opera News
Florence
09/01/2003: 607 words, approx. 2 pages
FLORENCE None of the three operas staged during this year's Maggio Musicale boasted an ideal cast, but the inaugural production, Beethoven's Fidelio (seen at the Teatro Comunale on May 21), proved memorable nonetheless, thanks to conductor Paavo Jarvi's ability to invest every bar...
 


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Florence Kelley Biography
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A biography of Florence Kelley, a reformer and notable advocate of the movement to abolish child labor in the U.S.


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