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Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was born in western pennsylvania in 1857. Ida was the daughter of an independent oil producer. She got very mad when John D. Rockefeller's Standard oil company began swallowing up independent oil companies. When this happened Idas father went bankrupt. -
Progressive Reforms
People from all areas participated in reform efforts during the progressive Era. A lot of progressives were native born and middle or upper class. Most of them were also college educated -
Work Laws
In 1903 Florence Kelley the Oregon Legislature to pass a law limiting female laundry workers to 10 hours a day. The people fighting for higher wages were progressive reformers. Utah had a law limiting to a 8 hour workday -
Work numbers
In 1910, 30 million men were working. 7.5 million women had also been working. One third of the employed people at the time lived in povery.That year Official Monsignor John Ryan of the Catholic Church called for 'the establishment by law of minimum rates of wages that will equal or approximate the normal standards of living for the different groups of workers." -
Rose Schneiderman
Rose was a Women's Trade Union League organizer. She argued that only a strong working-class movement could bring real change to the workplace. In a quote she said: 'there are so many of us for one job it matters little if 143 of us are burned to death." That quote was relating to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. -
the triangle Shirtwaist fire
On saturday March 25, 1911 around 500 workers were working to complete their six day workweek. most people working were young Jewish or Italian women. The factory was in new york city and it was called the The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. As the workers were leaving a fire erupted in a rag bin. Within minutes the entire eighth floor of the ten story building was in flames. There was no escape. Around sixty workers jumped from a window and died. More than 140 lives were claimed in the fire. -
Child Labor Laws
By 1912 child labor laws had been passed in 19 states. Some states required children to be able to read and write before the could go to work. Some states limited children to working from 8 to 10 hours a day and not at night or working in dangerous occupations.
