- Henry Ford
Henry Ford did not only impact the lives of those back in the 1900s, but as well as the lives of individuals today. He started a revolution that no one else had, or could of. Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 in Detroit, Michigan. He announced in 1914, that his company would “initiate the greatest revolution in the matter of rewards for its workers ever known to the industrial world.”
Henry Ford was a machinist, a lover of animals, and most importantly humanity’s friend. He loved birds, held business conferences …show more content…
The country had completely fallen in love with the automobile. Not only did the automobile bring opportunities, but an economic growth along with it. Ford made it easy, and affordable to buy and obtain a “Tim Lizzie”. People could now live farther away and still have the ability to travel back into the Urban part of town. “The auto ended the isolation of the farmer, stimulated the growth of suburbs, and opened up access to every corner of the country. People could go wherever they wanted, when they wanted, and in the privacy of their own vehicle. This freedom of movement became a deeply ingrained trait of Americans.” He produced a homely vehicle that changed America and brought multiple opportunities. Ford had an ambition “to be known as a thinker of an original kind”.
He taught his workers responsibilities, almost as if he was a parent to his workers and their family. He was a man for others and he despised laziness. He wish people would just give up gambling, alcohol, divorce, luxury, art, jazz, modern dancing, and big cities, because he believed the world would just be better off without it. The lives of civilians were greatly changed by Henry Ford because he was a father, a boss for some, and most importantly a friend to …show more content…
There are over 7,500 Ford global dealers today, and a little over 3,000 U.S. dealerships. In 1947, Henry Ford the founder of Ford Motor Company, died four years after the death of his 49-year-old son Edsel who was president of his father’s company. Henry Ford II took over as president in 1945 and for the next three decades modernized Ford. Henry Ford started a revolution that changed the United States immensely, and also the world. He impacted the lives of so many and was humanity’s friend. He gave people jobs with good pay and good hours, transportation for not just the wealthy, and he taught a lot of people life