There are many people who dedicate their lives to help others or improve things to help better others or even their country. The Progressive Era was a time in history when many things like this happened. Florence Kelley was a person who did just this. She was a women with knowledge and was successful which was uncommon of women in her time. She fought for Child Labor Laws during the Progressive Era to protect the children of America.
Florence Kelley was born in Philadelphia on September 12, 1859. Her father was a congressman, an abolitionist, and an advocate for woman suffrage. Her mother was the adoptive daughter of Quaker abolitionists. As a child she was often sick so as a result she was homeschooled. At home she would read her father’s library. Florence grew up on an estate in Philadelphia that was very isolated. She had 2 older sibling but unfortunately during her childhood she lost 5 younger siblings. Some people believe that she felt the need to prove to her parents she could achieve great things. After her sister’s death she was the only female child left in her family. …show more content…
She graduated in 1882, she tried to enroll at the University of Pennsylvania but was denied because she was a woman so she started a night school for working women. Florence later attended University of Zurich in 1883, where she studyed for her doctorate. There she learned socialist ideas and kept them. She joined the Socialist Party. In 1886 she married Lazare Wischnewetzky a medical student from Russia. Unfortunatly, in 1886 due to their different political views they divorced. Florence then moved to Illinois with full cxustody of their three
Florence Kelley was born in Philadelphia on September 12, 1859. Her father was a congressman, an abolitionist, and an advocate for woman suffrage. Her mother was the adoptive daughter of Quaker abolitionists. As a child she was often sick so as a result she was homeschooled. At home she would read her father’s library. Florence grew up on an estate in Philadelphia that was very isolated. She had 2 older sibling but unfortunately during her childhood she lost 5 younger siblings. Some people believe that she felt the need to prove to her parents she could achieve great things. After her sister’s death she was the only female child left in her family. …show more content…
She graduated in 1882, she tried to enroll at the University of Pennsylvania but was denied because she was a woman so she started a night school for working women. Florence later attended University of Zurich in 1883, where she studyed for her doctorate. There she learned socialist ideas and kept them. She joined the Socialist Party. In 1886 she married Lazare Wischnewetzky a medical student from Russia. Unfortunatly, in 1886 due to their different political views they divorced. Florence then moved to Illinois with full cxustody of their three