Letter from Florence Kelley to May Wright Sewall.

Description:	(On Hull House letterhead). My gyrations over the surface of Michigan ended at Kalamazoo on Thursday with a visit to Mrs. Martlett Crane. Miss Addams is back from her Eastern trip and starts for California a fortnight hence. I cannot tell you with what interest I am awaiting further tidings of the crisis in your affairs. I hope for many opportunities of meeting you in the future.Florence Kelley (1859-1932), American social worker and reformer. A supporter of womens suffrage and an advocate for peace, Kelley is best known for her efforts to create better working conditions for women, regulate child labor, and establish a minimum wage for all workers in the United States. In Chicago she worked with Jane Addams at Hull House and also investigated sweatshops in the city which resulted in a new child labor law. In 1899 she moved to New York City where she became secretary of the National Consumers League and lived at the Henry Street Settlement House where she continued to work for more labor reforms. She helped with the creation the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act, which for the first time provided federal funds for health care.
Origin:	1902-04-13; 1902
Created By:	Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/mws/id/627
Collection:	May Wright Sewall Papers
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright undetermined.
Subjects:	Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932 Social reformers--United States

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