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Born.
John Spargo was born on January thirty-first of 1876 in Cornwall, U.K. to his parents Jane and Thomas Spargo. -
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Took classes at Oxford University.
Spargo, although primarily self educated, did take a couple classes at Oxford University. -
Married Prudence Edwards.
John and Prudence were wed in January of 1900, having one son named George. -
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Participated in various meetings.
John participated in various union meetings throughout 1900 and was part of the creation of the Labour Representation Committee, a precursor to the British Labour Party. -
Moved to New York
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Worked for a Socialist magazine.
John became an editor for The Comrade, a socialist magazine. He worked there for about three years. -
Became a founding member of the Socialist Party of America.
John became a founding member in the Socialist Party of America, although he was not present at the time of its creation. -
Prudence died.
John's wife died in March 1904 of tuberculosis. -
Attended the second convention of the SPA
At the SPA's second convention, Spargo was declared the chairman of the resolutions comittee. -
Elected for National Committee.
John was elected to be on the SPA's National Committee in 1905. -
Wrote "The Bitter Cry of the Children"
He wrote his novel about child labor which had hints of his socialist views in 1905. -
Wrote "Underfed School Children"
He wrote his book about child starvation in 1906. -
Wrote "The Common Sense of the Milk Question"
He wrote this second book on child starvation in 1908. -
Elected a delegate.
He was elected to be a delegate for the 1908 SPA convention. -
Elected for the National Executive Committee.
He was elected to be on the National Executive Committee of the SPA in 1909. -
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Served as an executive for the ISS
John co-founded another socialist group, the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, and worked toward its ends for three years. -
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Developed new ideas.
By this time, Spargo had developed right wing ideas that he called socialist individualism. -
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Unrelated works.
His years after 1930 were filled with many different things unrelated to politics or muckraker activity. -
Death.
Spargo died on an unmarked day in 1966.