Florence Kelley was a prominent reformer who focused on:
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Protecting the rights of female and child laborers in urban sweatshops
Kelley was a resident of Hull House and later became the first Chief Factory Inspector for Illinois. She worked with the National Consumers League to pressure businesses into improving working conditions and ending child labor.
Keep practicing
More Immigration and Urban Growth questions
- Which group was most likely to support the 'Immigration Restriction League' founded in 1894?
- The 'New Immigrants' who arrived in the United States between 1890 and 1914 primarily originated from which regions?
- Which of the following was a primary function of settlement houses like Jane Addams' Hull House?
- The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was significant because it was the first federal law that:
- Jacob Riis’s influential book, 'How the Other Half Lives' (1890), used photography to expose:
- What was the primary goal of the Americanization movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?