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Sarah George Bagley (April 19, 1806 [1] [dubious – discuss] – January 15, 1889) was an American labor leader in New England during the 1840s; an advocate of shorter workdays for factory operatives and mechanics, she campaigned to make ten hours of labor per day the maximum in Massachusetts.
--- In May 1846, the type and presses of the struggling Voice were purchased by the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association under the leadership of Sarah Bagley. --- In early 1847, the circulation further declined under the editorship of Associationist reformer John Allen, as the paper began to focus exclusively on the associationist movement.
Sarah Bagley became a telegraph operator in 1846 after forming the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association to support better working conditions for the women who worked in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872) was a Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist who championed women's rights in her novels.
Dorothy Bagley was diagnosed with dementia in 2021, after showing early signs in 2016. Though her memory faded, Bagley was able to recognize her husband, Merv Bagley, and say their signature, call ...
Sarah Bagley was the first woman in America to become a telegraph operator. [ 15 ] [ 17 ] Frances Whitcher was the first significant female comic protagonist in America, and the "first best-selling woman humorist".
Sarah Lee Best - Wilkinson Stekloff Keys, a 33-year-old Cincinnati native, was traveling aboard the flight from Wichita, Kansas, her family confirmed to CNN affiliate WXIX . The crash occurred on ...
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B. Sarah Bagley; Maud Gage Baum; Martha Helen Beal; Harriet Bedell; Mary and Molly Bell; Belle Townsley Smith; Frances Benzecry; Rae Selling Berry; Ann Bilansky