People of Reform in Tennessee

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People of Reformin Tennessee America
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Academic Standards

• Recognize people who contributed to reform in
  Tennessee and American Society (i.e., Samuel
  Gompers, Jane Adams, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
  Gov. Austin Peay, And Ann Dallas Dudley)
• Interpret timelines that depict major historical
  post-Civil War events.

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State Academic Vocabulary

• American Federation of Labor-AFL (Samuel Gompers)
• Austin Peay
• Hull House (Jane Adams)
• Labor Laws

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Samuel Gompers1850-1924

• a cigar maker, a trade he brought with him to New
  York when his family emigrated to America in 1863
• president of Cigar Makers Union Local 144
• helped to set up a loose organization of unions
  that, in 1886, became the American Federation of
  Labor (AFL)
• first national union leader to recognize and
  encourage the strike as labor's most effective
  weapon
• Gompers Park on Chicago's Northwest Side was
  named for him.

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Jane Addams1860-1935

• one of the first generation of American women to
  attend college.
• Founded Hull House in 1889
• Charter member of the National Association for
  the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• National American Women Suffrage Association
  first vice-president in 1911
• Civil rights, women's suffrage, international
  peace, juvenile protection, labor relations,
  court reform, public health, public housing,
  civic watchdog, and urban planning movements can
  all trace their origins to the work of the Hull
  House settlement.

• I am not one of those who believe - broadly
  speaking - that women are better than men. We
  have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted
  legislatures, nor done many unholy things that
  men have done but then we must remember that we
  have not had the chance.
• - Jane Addams

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Ann Dallas Dudley1876-1955

• Suffragist (someone who stands up for the voting
  rights of a group of people) and civic leader
• Organized the Nashville Equal Suffrage League in
  1911
• President of the Tennessee League of Suffragists
  and vice-president of the national organization
  in 1917
• Great charm and political skill and a very
  supportive husband
• 1st woman in Tennessee to make on open-air speech
• 1st female associate of the Tennessee Democratic
  Committee
• 1st female delegate-at-large of the National
  Democratic Convention in 1920

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Gov. Austin Peay1876-1927

• Tennessee governor from 1923-1927 died in office
• Created the state highway department
• Reorganized state government-Reorganization Act
  of 1923
• Education Act of 1925-reorganized public
  educational system
• Expanded the Department of Health
• Created University of Tennessee at Martin
  Austin Peay University

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Cesar Chavez1927-1993

• Mexican American labor activist
• Founded the National Farm Workers Association
  (NFWA) in 1962
• fought grape producers for better working
  conditions through nonviolent tactics such as
  protest marches, strikes, and boycotts.

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Martin Luther King Jr.1929-1968

• pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement
• president of the organization which was
  responsible for the successful Montgomery Bus
  Boycott from 1955 to 1956
• led sanitation workers in a protest against low
  wages and intolerable conditions.
• The Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At age 35, Dr.
  King was the youngest man, the second American,
  and the third black man awarded the Nobel Peace
  Prize.
• assassinated in Memphis, TN

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Timeline of Post-Civil War Events
Gov. Austin Peay Reorganization Act of 1923
Hull House Established By Jane Addams
National Farm Workers Association
1889
1911
1923
1886
1964
1962
Samuel Gompers helped to establish American
Federation of Labor
Nashville Suffrage League
Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace
Prize
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Resources

• http//www.hullhouse.org/about.asp
• http//www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm
• http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0802460.html
  
• http//www.janetsplanet.com/
• http//www.greatwomen.org/women.php?actionviewone
  id51
• http//www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm
• http//www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d1
  2ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submitSubmitStateTN
• http//www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm
• http//www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa
  /activists