Today in Labor History February 17, 1932: Florence Kelley (b.1859) died on this date. Kelley was a social and political reformer who worked against sweatshops and fought for the minimum wage, eight-hour workday and children’s rights. She coined the term “wage abolition.” She also helped create the NAACP. Kelley was a follower of Karl Marx and a personal friend of Friedrich Engels. As a youth, she belonged to the Intercollegiate Socialist Society and was an activist for women's suffrage and African-American civil rights.

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