Leigh Bienen

Project Director, Leigh B. Bienen, provides an overview of the website’s inception, intent and design. At the time of this recording she was Senior Lecturer, Northwestern University School of Law.

Florence Kelley in Chicago, 1891-1899

Florence Kelley was the first woman factory inspector in the United States. A resident of Hull House, and a reformer – who refused to be associated with any political party–Florence Kelley lived in Chicago from 1891 until 1899, leading and participating in a variety of projects. Visit our companion site...