Later Years
After O'Sullivan finished her relief work with the Lawrence strike she went on to get legislation passed that would improve the conditions in Massachusetts's factories. She was hired in 1914 by the state as the inspector for the Massachusetts Board of Labor and Industries, a position which gave her the power to enforce the laws she helped get passed. She held that position until she retired from labor organizing in 1934.
During her years as an inspector she participated in many speaking events. In 1926 she was a delegate to the Women's Peace Conference, and spoke often at Boston's Ford Hall Forum. Mary Kenny O'Sullivan died at 79 years old in 1943 at her home in Medford, Massachusetts.
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