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William English Walling (March 18, 1877 – September 12, 1936) (known as "English" to friends and family) was an American labor reformer and Socialist Republican born into a wealthy family in Louisville, Kentucky. He founded the National Women's Trade Union League in 1903.
William English Walling (1877–1936), a prominent socialist and journalist, was descended from wealthy Kentucky slaveholders. He was a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the Women’s Trade Union League, the Social Democratic League, and the NAACP.
…3, 1908), Southern white journalist William English Walling called for a revival of the abolitionist spirit to stem the tide of such shocking occurrences. Fearing further degeneration in race relations, white liberals were inspired by the article to join with Black activists in launching the National Association for the Advancement…
8 nov. 2010 · In the history of American socialism William English Walling occupies a special place. Born into a wealthy Midwestern family, Walling was educated at the University of Chicago and Harvard, but soon found a calling as a social reform activist when he learned first hand about the conditions of working people as an Illinois factory ...
William English Walling’s (1877–1936) exposé about a bloody race riot in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln’s hometown and burial site, resulted in the assembly of an interracial group to discuss proposals for an organization that would advocate the civil and political rights of African Americans in January 1909. The group issued a ...
William English Walling was a millionaire, socialist, and social activist. Walling worked at Hull-House in 1897 while pursuing his graduate study at the University of Chicago. In 1905, Walling investigated social conditions in Europe, studying conditions and organizations, and meeting with socialist leaders. On his return to the United States ...
William English Walling was a social reformer born in Kentucky who was in Chicago when the 1908 riot occured in Springfield, Illinois. He rushed to investigate it and subsequently wrote an article a liberal journal about it.
