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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 T. Hughes was the first and only woman to swear in the President of the United States; 1964 Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in a Cessna 180. [146] [147] The trip ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, [148] and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22,860 miles. [149]
For years, the death of 15-year-old Danielle "Danni" Houchins had been shrouded in mystery. Montana investigators initially said it could have been a tragic accident, but her family always ...
For years, Allen Brooks promised his mother Sarah Pearl Brooks he would finish college. In December 2024, the 60-year-old made his late mother's wish come true when he graduated from Alabama A&M ...
It was just after 3 a.m. in the warm Houston summer of 2019, when first responders arrived at Renard and Patricia Spivey 's home and found 52-year-old Patricia dead in the closet from multiple ...
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.
Two years after the death of her husband Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Allison Holker is speaking out. And Boss' family and friends are outraged. Holker, 36, opened up to People magazine in a revealing ...