Florence Kelley Quotes
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It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages.
Florence Kelley
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Author Details:
Type:
Activist Quotes
Category:
American Activist Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 12, 1859
Date of Death:
February 17, 1932
Nationality:
American
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Additional,
Any,
Below,
Bodies,
Body,
Continual,
Difficulty,
Downward,
Fatal,
Forever,
Hanging,
Just,
Level,
Maintain,
Other,
Overcome,
Own,
Pressure,
Reasonable,
Struggle,
Wages
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All Florence Kelley Quotations:
Hence, within the space of two...
In order to be rated as...
In the garment trades, on the...
It is fatal for any body...
On the one hand, she is...
The very fact that women now...
The workingmen have perceived that women...
Their effort to place the women...
This position is untenable, and there...
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