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Pure Food and Drug Act

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  1. Before the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was passed, the conditions in food processing plants were primitive. Did she or any of her family experience these products first hand? What were the results? Did she ever get sick because of poor quality?

  2. There were many debates over the Pure Food and Drug Act. Was she or any of her family members interested in the politics of the act? What was her role or position?

  3. The first Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906. What were people's reactions to this? Were they relieved, angry, or upset? What was her reaction? Did this act give her more confidence in the food supply?

  4. Did the Pure Food and Drug Act directly affect her or her family? In what ways? As a worker or as a consumer?

  5. In 1938 the Act was revised to include cosmetics, thus becoming the Pure Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. What did she and those around her think about this? In what ways did it affect her?

  6. Was she involved in a business that the Act directly affected, or as a consumer, how did she feel she was affected by this Act?

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