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Jane Addams and Ellen Starr open Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that provides social services to poor immigrants.
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Beginning year of the Progressive Era in major metropolitan areas including Chicago
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On this day in history, Upton Sinclair's renowned literary novel The Jungle was originally published.
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The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 made it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensured that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
