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Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate.As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.
The Dearborn Independent, also known as The Ford International Weekly, was a weekly newspaper established in 1901, and published by Henry Ford from 1919 through 1927. At its height during the mid-1920s it claimed a circulation of between 700,000 and 900,000.
Henry Ford (pictured c. 1919), founded and led the company, presiding over it during two tenures, 1906–1919 and 1943–1945. The Ford Motor Company is an American automaker, the world's fifth largest based on worldwide vehicle sales.
It was the fulfillment of Henry Ford’s lifelong quest to produce affordable, reliable vehicles, thus transforming the automobile from a rich man’s toy — and cars were nearly exclusively for ...
By Henry Blodget In 1914, a business executive named Henry Ford did a startling thing: He announced that he was going to more than double the wages he was paying his employees, from $2.34 to $5 a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Antisemitic set of publications of the 1920s The International Jew, The World's Problem — 1920 articles in the Dearborn Independent Part of a series on Antisemitism Part of Jewish history and discrimination History Timeline Reference Definitions IHRA definition Jerusalem Declaration ...
Oscar II Peace Ship leaving New York Dec. 4, 1915. The Peace Ship was the common name for the ocean liner Oscar II, on which American industrialist Henry Ford organized and launched his 1915 amateur peace mission to Europe; [1] Ford chartered the Oscar II and invited prominent peace activists to join him. [2]
Henry Ford's offer of $5 a day for eight hours of work was significant, but unions also fought for decades to set hour and wage rules for all workers.