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Jacob Riis

Danish-American whistleblower journalist and photographer.
Country: Austria

Content:
  1. Biography of Jacob Riis
  2. Migration to the United States
  3. How the Other Half Lives
  4. Personal Life and Later Years
  5. Legacy and Criticisms

Biography of Jacob Riis

Early Life

Jacob Riis, a Danish-American journalist and photographer, was born on May 3, 1849, in the city of Ribe, Denmark.

He was the third of fifteen children in his family.

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    • His father, Niels Riis, was a schoolteacher and editor of a local newspaper, while his mother, Carolina Riis, was a homemaker. At the age of 12, Jacob amazed everyone by donating all his money to a poor family for Christmas. At 16, he moved to Copenhagen in search of work as a carpenter.

    Migration to the United States

    In 1870, at the age of 21, Riis embarked on a journey to the United States in hopes of finding employment.

    He arrived in America during a time of social upheaval, as a large number of migrants and immigrants were flooding