Upton Sinclair 1900
Born on this day 146 years ago, Upton Sinclair, American author, muckraker, and political activist.
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20, 1878 and died on November 25, 1968 at the age of 90. He wrote nearly 100 books and in 1943 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He is probably best known for his book The Jungle which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry. The consequent public uproar contributed to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Original black and white photo from Bain News Service 1900, courtesy of The Library of Congress.
Upton Sinclair 1900
Born on this day 146 years ago, Upton Sinclair, American author, muckraker, and political activist.
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 20, 1878 and died on November 25, 1968 at the age of 90. He wrote nearly 100 books and in 1943 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He is probably best known for his book The Jungle which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry. The consequent public uproar contributed to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Original black and white photo from Bain News Service 1900, courtesy of The Library of Congress.