See a firey and impassioned portrayal of Parsons.  "Alice Hamilton:  Battling for Industrial Safety" with Mary Wehrle, Michelle Jacobson and David Rosenblatt. As a physician at Hull House, Alice Hamilton, established the field of industrial toxicology because she believed and then proved that exposure to dangerous chemical killed workers.. She knew that the poor  must take dangerous jobs or have no jobs at all.  Her work led to OSHA and the standards that are in place today.  "Agnes Nestor: The Thread that Binds" written and performed by Mary Bonnet.  Agnes Nestor, an immigrant Irish Catholic girl, founded the International Glove Workers Union of America.  In 1914, she became the president of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League and remained there for three decades.  She fought for the 8 hour day but it took 27 years before the bill became law in Illinois.