All of these are great points but the greatest differences have yet to come. The next two documents show the comparison in the Working Conditions. Document #10 Hannah Goode: “It has gone on this six years or more,” gives a detailed description of a daily work life in England from the view point of a sixteen year old girl. The hours she works are about the same as the adults who work in England. The women out number the men in the mill, the youngest person working in the mill is seven years old.…
This gave her the opportunity to voice out for all the women who felt the same way as she did. She adds extreme focus on the point of freedom by comparing herself to the colonies. The colonies were fight to be their own nation, and make their own laws. While she was fighting to have a voice in what was occurring in the revolution, and what should be fixed in the new laws for woman and…
Mother Jones Mary Harris Jones, also known is “Mother Jones” was an Irish-American union labor activist. Mary “Mother” Jones was born August 1, 1837 in County Cork, Ireland to Helen Cotter and Richard Harris, however, Mary claimed an unconventional birthdate of May 1, 1830. The Harrises were a family of 7. Mary had four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. Her father was forced to flee to North America with her family in 1835 to due to the Irish famine.…
In Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Worker’s Rights, Judith P. Josephson says, “They would march the mill children all the way to the president of the United States—Theodore Roosevelt. Mother Jones wanted the president to get Congress to pass a law that would take children out of the mills, mines, and factories, and put them in school.” Mother Jones chose to bring attention to her noble cause with a tour of the country with many of the young children in the textile industry. She wanted to show the people of the United States what the dangers and unfair treatment did to the children and how immense the need for the rights of children working in industry was. In Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for…
Her ideology was that if someone was going to meet her with violence, she was going to beat them to it first. She was very much known for being militant. This philosophy can be seen in later activist such as Malcolm X and Rosa Parks. Both believed if violence was going to be enacted on them, they should enact it back. However, they would not just go out and stir up violence without a cause and this very much describes…
They were forced to give up their land, send their children to work instead of school, endure horrific working conditions and then be ignored, targeted and killed for acknowledging the wrongs of their treatment. The American Dream and American ideals were absolutely destroyed for these workers. Thankfully, these wrongdoings were eventually acknowledged and essentially repaired, but the absolutely horrendous conditions endured by workers during this time, and the way they effected their lives, can never be taken…
She questions the Legislature of Georgia by asking “ If the mothers and the teachers in Georgia could vote, would the Georgia Legislature have refused at every session for the last three years to stop the work in the mills of children under twelve years of age? (Kelley, 55-59)” If the mothers and teachers were able to vote child labor laws would be in place and stricter. Teachers have a stronger passion towards education rather than young children working in factories. She also questions her audience by asking,” What can we do to free our consciences?(Kelley, 85)”…
In particular, Mother Jones was able to convince people to form a march to the president’s house. The author says, “They would march the mill children all the way to the president of the United States-- Theodore Roosevelt” (Josephson, 6). As a result, Mother Jones completed the march with very few children left only to be ignored by Roosevelt. Mother Jones later tried to contact the president, but was refused for the last time and Mother Jones returned for home, unsuccessful. On the contrary, even though Mother Jones never got the president’s full attention, she certainly got everybody elses’.…
Jane Addams advocated for child labor laws, as she pointed out that many people were “so caught in the admiration of the astonishing achievements of modern industry that they forget the children themselves” [Doc. C]. With the influence of Addams and other reformers, the Child Labor Act was passed. However, many corporations again neglected the law since it was not strictly enforced, again showing that the reforms were not very successful. Many people also neglected the significance of African Americans and Women in the white male-dominant…
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones was a commanding and influential person in American history. Characteristically clad in a black dress, the five-feet tall Mother Jones was a daring warrior for workers’ rights to the point of being branded "the most dangerous woman in America". A fearless radical and a skilled orator, Mother Jones inspired everyone from mineworkers to children to action for better living and working conditions. Born in 1837 in Ireland to a family of freedom fighters, Mary Harris Jones experienced a tough early life, full of hardship and difficulties.…
La Follete, challenged the power of political machines and helped influence others to the the same. In 1900, more than 1.75 million children ages 15 and younger worked in industry. Florence Kelley was an important leader in the fight against child labor. She helped states like Massachusetts to pass minimum-wage laws. In 1916 and 1919 congress passed laws banning child-labor products from interstate commerce, but the laws were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.…
Children Labor. During the 1900s child labor had begun to rise, children had started to become more and more involved in factories, due to their smaller size allowing them to move through smaller spaces, and also they were able to pay them extremely less than adults, this forced children ages 15 and under to work for extremely low wages, and for sometimes shifts as long as 13hours per day, most child labors worked to help support their families, but by doing this they are forfeiting their education. My groups name the child labor suffrage committee.…
The book does do a good job of hitting the atrocities of the labor movement on the head without overemphasizing them. The book is interesting because it evokes emotion and sympathy for the laborers and builds respect for Mother Jones and her plights. I did find it humorous that Mother Jones, a female fighting for workers rights, was not for women's suffrage and racist. Kinda like my grandma. Mother jones did state, “I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser”.…
In present day, only one out of five union members are female (Milkman). Unions help workers get fair treatment. This was true even in the 1800s, the time period when the women’s labor movement began. This will explore a part of the women's labor movement, why it happened, and what the effects were.…
Inside Scoop: The Daily Life of A Female Factory Worker In The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was an era of progress in transportation, industry, and communication that began in England. The textile industries formed the largest manufacturing sector in industry, and women influenced all its major branches in the highest productivity industry; hence their industrial contribution has not been adequately acknowledged (DOC 1). Unfortunately, the Industrial Revolution’s impact on populating cities for the growth of industry led to unsanitary conditions and inequality for female factory workers because of the growing numbers of factories and factory workers in the industry. Even though the Industrial Revolution introduced machinery…