Margaret Haley

Margaret Haley

Margaret A. Haley (November 15, 1861 – January 6, 1939) was a teacher and unionist who was dubbed the "lady labor slugger". Haley was the first business representative of the Chicago Teachers' Federation and a pioneer leader in organizing schoolteachers. During her long career with the CTF, Haley fought to correct tax inequalities, increase the salaries of teachers, and expose unfair land leasing by the Chicago Board of Education.

Read more about Margaret Haley:  Early Life and Teaching Career, Chicago Teachers' Federation, Death and Legacy

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    Children who are not spoken to by live and responsive adults will not learn to speak properly. Children who are not answered will stop asking questions. They will become incurious. And children who are not told stories and who are not read to will have few reasons for wanting to learn to read.
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