Elizabeth Chambers Morgan

Elizabeth Chambers Morgan
Morgan in 1895
Born
Elizabeth Chambers

June 16, 1850
Birmingham, England
DiedFebruary 11, 1944(1944-02-11) (aged 93)
near San Diego, California
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationLabor organizer
Known forReports on sweatshop practices in Chicago, labor laws protecting women and children
SpouseThomas J. Morgan
Children2

Elizabeth Chambers Morgan (June 16, 1850 – February 11, 1944) was an American labor organizer, social reformer, and socialist agitator based in Chicago, Illinois. She immigrated to the United States from England with her husband Thomas J. Morgan in 1869. She is known for exposing sweatshop conditions in Chicago. From 1888 to 1895 she was the leading woman in the Chicago labor movement.[1][2]

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