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 * Florence Kelley**

Background Information - Florence Kelley was married to a former Russian man, marking her as a "Red" by most citizens during her time. She got divorced which was looked down upon by most people in her time, and she had tragedies in her life such as a young daughter dying. Yet, she strived to improve other's lives and later passed through the judgement and improved America. Motives - When Kelley was a young girl, her father took her on a midnight tour of a local factory. The images that Kelley saw as kids in toddler age work to produce steel goods were burned so to speak in her mind. Her father was a progressive and passed all of his thoughts to his daughter. Another childhood memory tainted Kelley's vision of the world. Her mother was a depressed woman, and often was seen grieving over the late sisters of Florence. She was the only child that survived out of her family to adulthood. Bias - Since Kelley was a woman, lost her child, and was divorced even though it was looked down upon at the time, her work mainly went to child and woman labor laws.

Problems Florence wished to address - Kelley sought to improve the working conditions of the American people. To do this she need first improve the women's work force, and abolish child labor that abused kids. Getting a good education for children was another one of Florence Kelley's goals. Next was improving maternal and child health care services, because women and children are the way to the future in her opinion.

Solutions that Florence put in place - Making sure that all births were recorded and a good education was required by law put the percentage of children working in harsh conditions such as sweatshops much lower. Laws and acts were passed through because of Florence Kelley's lead that mandated the amount of time women could work in factories, improving their working conditions. Other laws were passed that stated no child under the age of fourteen should be able to work properly and that it would be illegal for them to be in factories.

"Florence Kelley -- A Woman of Fierce Fidelity." //Boise State University//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2011. . Goldmark, Josephine. (1953). //Impatient Crusader//. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Sklar, Kathryn Kish. (1995). //Florence Kelley and the Nation’s Work//. New Haven: Yale University Presss.