Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant
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Yeah, big time. This is post-college. She went to Philly. and she became general secretary of the Philadelphia Research and Protective Association.
Yeah, big time. This is post-college. She went to Philly. and she became general secretary of the Philadelphia Research and Protective Association.
Well, she was in charge of investigating โ employment agencies that were fake and that preyed on women, immigrant women specifically. And she had to sort of deal with the dregs of society in that job and did so very successfully and then decided she wanted to keep her education going.
Well, she was in charge of investigating โ employment agencies that were fake and that preyed on women, immigrant women specifically. And she had to sort of deal with the dregs of society in that job and did so very successfully and then decided she wanted to keep her education going.
Well, she was in charge of investigating โ employment agencies that were fake and that preyed on women, immigrant women specifically. And she had to sort of deal with the dregs of society in that job and did so very successfully and then decided she wanted to keep her education going.
So while she was in Philly, she went to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania because that's super easy and light learning. And then after that, She went to Columbia where she earned a M.A. in social economics in 1910.
So while she was in Philly, she went to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania because that's super easy and light learning. And then after that, She went to Columbia where she earned a M.A. in social economics in 1910.
So while she was in Philly, she went to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania because that's super easy and light learning. And then after that, She went to Columbia where she earned a M.A. in social economics in 1910.
That's right. And after Columbia, after she got that master's, for two years she served as executive secretary of the Consumers League of New York. And this is where she really โ felt her life calling to improve wages, improve working conditions, because this was 1910 through 1912, and things weren't great in factories at the time.
That's right. And after Columbia, after she got that master's, for two years she served as executive secretary of the Consumers League of New York. And this is where she really โ felt her life calling to improve wages, improve working conditions, because this was 1910 through 1912, and things weren't great in factories at the time.
That's right. And after Columbia, after she got that master's, for two years she served as executive secretary of the Consumers League of New York. And this is where she really โ felt her life calling to improve wages, improve working conditions, because this was 1910 through 1912, and things weren't great in factories at the time.
We could do a podcast on โ I don't know what the focus would be necessarily โ Because we've done labor unions, butโ Just labor conditions would be eye-opening.
We could do a podcast on โ I don't know what the focus would be necessarily โ Because we've done labor unions, butโ Just labor conditions would be eye-opening.
We could do a podcast on โ I don't know what the focus would be necessarily โ Because we've done labor unions, butโ Just labor conditions would be eye-opening.
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Yeah, she wouldn't stand around and wait for the statue to be built in her honor.
Yeah, she wouldn't stand around and wait for the statue to be built in her honor.
Yeah, she wouldn't stand around and wait for the statue to be built in her honor.