Commons, John Rogers (1862-1945)

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Remarks on John Rogers Commons's "Is Class Conflict in America Growing and is it Inevitable?", December 31, 1907

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The Public School and the Immigrant Child, July 1, 1908

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Birth Date

1862-10-13

Death Date

1945-05-11

Birthplace

Hollansburg, OH

Biographical Text

John Rogers Commons, having been brought up with a religious background, worked to unite Christian ideals with the emerging sociology and economics. He became known for investigating institutional economics as well as American labor unions. He was the author of A Documentary History of American Industrial Society and History of Labor in the United States. Commons helped draft legislation in Wisconsin that included labor unions, compulsory unemployment insurance, compulsory workers' compensation and government regulation of utilities. Contributed to the design of the Social Security Act of 1935. Commons died in 1945.

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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1906

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“Commons, John Rogers (1862-1945),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 3, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/897.