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W.E.B. Du Bois birth and childhood
W.E.B. Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1868. Du Bois joined a sunday school with a mix race of children. He was an intellegent child and encouraged to attend college. Du Bois was unaware untill an older age that his skin color caused some people to not like him. -
Labor Laws and Florence Kelly
Many people worked to stop child labor and improve working conditions for women. Florence Kelly worked hard in persuading Illinois to shorten working hours and to prohibit child labor. Eventually, Kelly helped organize The National Child Labor Committe. -
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union(ILGWU)
The International LAdies' Garment Workers Union(ILGWU) was started in New York City. This Union employed women in sewing shops. This Union mainly helped Jewish and Italian immigrant women find work. -
Silent Films and "The Great Train Robbery"
Made in 1903 "The Great Train Robbery" was a hit. These films had no syncranized sound. In 1916 the film was reported the fifth-largest in U.S industry. The films cost 5 to 10 cent each and reached to wide audience. -
Ella Flagg Young
Ella Flagg Young, in 1909, became Chicago's superintendent of schools. She was the first women to have such a position in such a large city. Young is most known for raising teachers' salaries, or pay rate. -
Daniel Burnham buildings
Burnham had a plan to redesign Chicago. Later Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C all hired Daniel Burnham. He helped people realize city planning and other types of development were necessary. -
National Association of Colored People(NAACP)
The NAACP was developed after a meeting in New York City with Du Bois and some African Americans and white progressives. This group is still together today and aimes to end discrimination completly. the NAACP also, helped get equal treatment to African Americans in the work field. They used court sytems to fight civil rights. -
Clara Lemlich and ILGWU Strike!
The ILGWU, after being talked to by several New York factory workers, called a general strike.Clara Lemlich, Jewish worker, made a speech to her fellow workers to decide whether or not to go n strike. In November ILGWU set up the "Uprising of 20,000" demanding that ILGWU be their union by their companies. The results were mixed. Some companies met the demands while others refused however the ILGWU membership increased greatly. -
"What Eight Million Women Want" by Rheta Childe Dorr
Rheta Childe Dorr a journalist wrote the book, "What Eight Million Women Want".The book mostly talked about womens role in the reform movement. She encouraged women to get involved or even work with reform work. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment barred the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. It was sugested by congress in 1917 to protect people. It was passed in 1919 but pepealed in 1933.
