Immigrant workers in the nineteenth century often lived in cramped
tenement housing that regularly lacked basic amenities such as running
water, ventilation, and toilets.
Hull House
Hull House became, at its inception in 1889, "a community of
university women" whose main purpose was to provide social
and educational opportunities for working class people
Women Rights
Before the NAACP Women were fighting for the rights to vote
and to have equal rights as men getting jobs and equal pay.
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Pure Food and Drug Act
This was a act that would act as a protection law which prohibited
misbranded and adulterated food and drugs
NAACP
The political, educational, social, and economic equality of
rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and
ensure the health and well-being of all persons.