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Florence Kelley Quotes

1859–1932 United States

Florence Moltrop Kelley (September 12, 1859 – February 17, 1932) was a social and political reformer and the pioneer of the term wage abolitionism. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today.

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No other portion of the wage earning class increased so rapidly from decade to decade as the young girls from fourteen to twenty years...They are in commerce, in offices, in manufacturing.

Child Labor & Women's Suffrage (1905)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Florence Kelley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.