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Womens fight for freedom

im life's damaging effect on women. In 1859 she wrote a novel about twowomen who break from their dependence on men and chart new lives. Campbell also wrote how easy it was fir women's lives to be ruined bypoverty and despair. Some women went beyond advocating reform topromoting revolution. There are many other famous women who helped lead the fight toreform. Like Florence Kelley. In 1891 Kelley worked with Addams at HullHouse and became an investigator for the Illinois Bureau of Labor, andthen was appointed the U.S. Commissioner of Labor. In 1891 Kelleyreturned to New York City and worked with Wald's Henry Street Settlementand helped create the U.S. Children's Bureau. In 1921 secured passage ofthe Infant and Maternity Protection Act. More than anyone else, Ida B. Wells exposed lynchings as a crimeagainst humanity. er 40 years of unrelenting effort failed to stop thecrime and did not produce a federal anti lynching law. However, lynchingsdecreased by 80 percent after her campaign began, and her documentedevidence on the crime of lynching and her commitment to justice roused theworld's conscience. By the time Wells died in 1931, other women and menhad picked up her touch.Word Count: 570...

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