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The New York Sate Tenement Act is passed.
Lawrence Veiller, a tenement worker, attacked people who owned tenements and treated the residents and the rooms wrongly. In 1901, he finally succeeded in passing a law to help the tenement residents. The New York State Tenement Act said that new tenements must be built in open air and that they all must have at least one bathroom per every three rooms. -
The Publication of "Tweed Days in St. Louis"
Lincoln Steffens and Claude Wetmore were writers who were considered 'muckrakers' or journalists who expose the corruption of politics and businesses. In the article, they bashed the heads of the companies. They exposed the corrupt political machine in St. Louis, and compared it to Tweed's Ring in New York City. -
The National Child Labor Comittee unites
Florence Kelley, a tireless reformer, worked and worked to get laws passed to help the children forced to work in horrible conditions. In 1904, Kelley helped organize the National Child Labor Comittee. The group dedicated themselves to passing laws to help the kids. By 1912, 39 states had passes child labor loaws. -
Muller v. Oregon Case
The 10-hour work day that Florence Kelley had pushed for was challenged by a business owner in Oregon. He argued that, as the owner of a bakery, he needed to work more than ten hours and he thought that the law did not permit that. The court decided that, under certain circumstances, people may work over their 10 hour work day if needed. -
Ella Flagg Young became Chicago's Superitedent of Schools
She was the first woman to hold such a job in a major city. Young promoted public education. She did this by raising teachers' salaries. -
The Advancement of Colored People
In 1909, a group of African Americans and a few whites met to discuss the advancement of the African Americans in New York City. Out of this meeting, they formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. They worked hard to fight racial discrimination. -
'What Eight Million Women Want" was written
Was written by Rheta Childe Dorr. The widley read book noted the special noted the special role of women in the reform movement. She wrote "Women have ceased to exist as a subsidary lower class in community ". -
American Indians Unite
The Society of American Indians was formed in 1911 when 50 middle-class professional American Indians met to discuss the future of their people. They talked about their plans to improve the rights, education, health, and local governemnt of their people. It became a well-publicized group, and this brought many supporters. -
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire
On Saturday, March 25, some 500 employees- most of them young Jewish or Italian immigrant women. The were completing their six-day workweek at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Company. As they rose from their crowded work tables and started to leave, a fire erupted in the rag bin, and turned into a tremendous inferno trapping many women. Some 60 women jumped out the windows to their death. -
The IWW fights back
The Industrial Workers of the World, or the IWW, had one of their largest riots in 1912. They led 10,000 textile mill workers against their bosses in Massachusetts. After a bitter 2-month strike, the employers finally gave in to their demands.
