who inspired the start of the pure food movement
Early history of food regulation in the United States The Ladies Health Association was the first women's group to join the pure foods movement.[14] Starting in 1884, they began a campaign to rid New York City of unsanitary slaughter houses.[14] These women were "energized to take legal action almost as much by the attitude of the city bureaucrats [who were apathetic] was by the need to protect their families and the neighborhood".[15] If the city agency in charge of regulating slaughterhouses had been willing to listen to the Association and clean up the slaughterhouses, the women would have never continued their crusade.[15] However, after a hearing, a slaughterhouse owner refused to clean up his property and this caused the women to pursue the execution of the penalty and continue a "constant vigilance" to keep it from happening again.[16]