Labor, Social and Reform Movements

Working in Chicago (1870-1930)

Prohibition and Temperance (1920-1933)

Jane Addams And Hull House

1919 Race Riot

The Haymarket Affair (1886)

Railroad Strike (1877)

Chicago Race Riot Billy Sunday Railway Strike 1 Mrs. Frank Rattray Lillie Garment Worker Strike

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...