Jacob Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, journalist, and photographer known for his work exposing the living conditions of the poor in late 19th-century New York City. His book "How the Other Half Lives" shed light on the squalid conditions of tenement housing and helped to bring about reforms in urban housing and living conditions for the poor.
Jacob Riis had five children.
Sociable, introverted, uncommunicative.
Jacob Riis was not a populist. He was a social reformer and journalist who focused on exposing the living conditions of the poor in New York City during the late 19th century. Riis's work helped bring attention to issues of poverty and social inequality, but he did not align himself with the Populist movement of that time.
Jacob Riis was one of fifteen children, although one was his cousin, who was a foster child. He was the third oldest, born in 1849.
"Out of the sweatshop, into the inferno."
Jocob Riis.
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Bjarne Riis's birth name is Bjarne Lykkegrd Riis.
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Jakob Riis Kristoffersson's birth name is Jakob Riis Srensen.
Bjarne Riis is 186 cm.
Povl Riis was born in 1925.
Einar Riis was born in 1922.
Einar Riis died in 2006.
Bendik Riis died in 1988.
Riis Houses was created in 1949.