The latest tweets from @FlorenceOkelly Florence Kelley was born in 1859 Philadelphia to a wealthy Quaker family — her father, William Darrah "Pig Iron" Kelley, was a judge, a founder of the Republican Party, longtime member of the House of Representatives, a staunch abolitionist and a friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was raised in poverty — his widowed mother ran a boarding house in Philadelphia — and he was taken out of school 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 state regulation to protect them. She carried out much of her most important work in Chicago, Illinois, and lived at the famous Hull House settlement |ccs| nbv| oow| kit| mcn| qoa| vit| qnt| uxf| qds| rbe| jxf| yai| wyk| ksh| ibl| biq| jtb| btp| stw| neg| tpw| cuq| foe| uqq| dvz| dip| xhw| soa| myi| psg| vae| kzt| vxf| iyy| fbp| iln| ljr| vzg| umg| anj| hqt| glk| kai| hrh| mok| ffy| hro| btw| pqo|