Haley, Margaret Angela (1861-1939)

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Chicago Teacher's Federation

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 20, 1903

Address to the Chicago Federation of Labor, February 11, 1905

Minutes of the Emergency Peace Committee, December 19, 1914

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, February 18, 1915

Alice Thacher Post to Jane Addams, May 11, 1921

John P. Altgeld Biography Subscription List, December 1922

List of Names and Addresses, ca. March 12, 1924

Louis Freeland Post to Subscribers of the John P. Altgeld Biography, April 5, 1924

Margaret Angela Haley to Jane Addams, May 4, 1906

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 18, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to Louis Freeland Post, October 18, 1913

Summary of Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 19, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to Emmeline Pankhurst, October 19, 1913

Margaret A. Haley to Jane Addams, January 7, 1915

To the People of America, March 1915

Jane Addams to Margaret A. Haley, December 30, 1914

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Birth Date

1861-11-15

Death Date

1939-01-06

Birthplace

Joliet, IL

Biographical Text

Margaret Haley was born to two Irish immigrant parents. She attended the Illinois Normal School, Cook County Normal School, and the Buffalo School of Pedagogy. After teaching in one of Chicago's poorest districts for 16 years, Haley joined the newly formed Chicago Teachers' Federation (CTF) in 1897. After becoming the organization's vice president, she soon left teaching altogether to devote her time to union work. The CTF fought for higher salaries, pensions, tenure, and better school conditions. Haley believed that education and school reform would ultimately lead to social reform, and her fights to improve the public school system revolved around that belief. Haley died of a heart attack in 1939.

Occupation

Teacher

Source

Photo from Current Opinion, Vol 36 (1904).

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People

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1903

Bibliography and Links

Haley, Margaret Angela in Women Building Chicago 1790-1990 p. 338-340.

Only a Teacher: Margaret Haley (1861-1939); PBS

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“Haley, Margaret Angela (1861-1939),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/390.