Ralph Easley
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2009) |
Ralph Montgomery Easley (1856–1939) was an American journalist and political organizer. He was Director of the American political reform group, the National Civic Federation.[1]
Background
Easley was born on February 25, 1856, in Browning, Illinois, the child of Charles J. Easley and Elisabeth Berry. He went to school n Quincy, Illinois.[1]
Career
In 1875, Easley moved to
In 1887, he moved to Chicago and became a reporter on the Chicago Inter Ocean, soon specializing in politics and economics. During that time, he formed the Chicago Civic Federation.[1] In 1891, he became a key figure in the Illinois Republican Party.[citation needed] In 1898, he held a first Federation conference in Saratoga, New York, on "The Future Foreign Policy of the United States."[1]
In 1904, Easley left Chicago to found the National Civic Federation in New York, where he was the chairman of the executive council throughout the federation’s forty-five-year history.[citation needed]
By 1910, the National Civic Federation was working with US President
The National Civic Federation opposed liberal-radical labor unions, particularly the
Members of the National Civic Federation included New York City Mayor
In 1936, Easley revealed that he and Gompers used funds from ten US manufacturers to employ "secret agents" to spy in 1915 on Count
Personal life and death
In 1881, Easley married Nerva Cheney of Mechanicsburg, Ohio.[1] In 1917, Easley married Gertrude Beeks Easley, who worked with him at the National Civic Federation.[citation needed]
Ralph Montomergy Easley died age 83 on September 8, 1939, at his home in Rye, New York.[1]
See also
References
- Christopher J. Cyphers; The National Civic Federation and the Making of a New Liberalism, 1900-1915 Praeger. 2002. ISBN 0-275-97327-1