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July 8, 1862 Ella Reeve Bloor was born
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July 8, 1862
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Ella Reeve Bloor
Labor organizer Ella Reeve Bloor was born. She investigated child labor in glass factories and mines. She also went undercover to verify for federal officials the conditions Upton Sinclair revealed in The Jungle, his expose of immigrants' exploitation by Chicago meatpackers.
