Florence Kelley Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“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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“Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades.”
-- Florence Kelley

#Attitude Quotes #Space Quotes #Two Quotes
“The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.”
-- Florence Kelley

#Two Quotes #Wages Quotes #Fields Quotes
“In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades.”
-- Florence Kelley

#Hands Quotes #Weakness Quotes #Body Quotes
“To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.”
-- Florence Kelley

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