BIOGRAPHY
Henry Ford,the most influential person in 1920s. He represent anti-monopoly, industrialist, transportation revolution and tycoon of that time. He help build the stable economic of America and one of leading businessman of the world.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, during the civil war. He grew up in his family farm, Wayne County, near Dearborn, Michigan. His talent of being inventor begin when his father gave him a watch for his thirteenth birthday. He looked into inside the watch and he can brought them together. He didn’t like the farm work so he moved to Detroit to learned about the service steam engines and skillfully operate when he was sixteen years old.
He married married Clara Ala Bryant in 1888 and moved back to farm for three years to supported his son, Edsel. He returned to Detroit with his wife and was hired at Edison Illuminating Company and became chief engineer in 1893. In 1896, his first model of a horseless carriage, the Ford Quadricycle consisted of a light metal frame fitted with four bicycle wheels and powered by a two cylinder, four-horsepower gasoline engine. In 1903, Henry Ford established his own company, Ford Motor Company. Ford company first released Model A. It gather people at a plant on Mack Avenue in Detroit. In October of 1908, Model T (The Tin Lizzie) introduced to people by Ford and posed 100 percent gains. His automobile was known to be inexpensive and for middle class from steady waged workers.His way to enforce royalty of workers was to rises up the wage to $5 per day. Ford standardize eight hour workday and the five day week. He pay black and white workers the same.
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”(Henry Ford)
In 1918 half of all cars in America were Model T’s.Henry Ford have a court battle with his stockholders, he bought out all minority stockholders by 1920. In 1927, Ford moved production to a massive industrial along the banks of the River Rouge in Dearborn, Michigan including glass factory, steel mill, assembly line etc. He died on April 7, 1947 , at age of 83 of cerebral hemorrhage.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, during the civil war. He grew up in his family farm, Wayne County, near Dearborn, Michigan. His talent of being inventor begin when his father gave him a watch for his thirteenth birthday. He looked into inside the watch and he can brought them together. He didn’t like the farm work so he moved to Detroit to learned about the service steam engines and skillfully operate when he was sixteen years old.
He married married Clara Ala Bryant in 1888 and moved back to farm for three years to supported his son, Edsel. He returned to Detroit with his wife and was hired at Edison Illuminating Company and became chief engineer in 1893. In 1896, his first model of a horseless carriage, the Ford Quadricycle consisted of a light metal frame fitted with four bicycle wheels and powered by a two cylinder, four-horsepower gasoline engine. In 1903, Henry Ford established his own company, Ford Motor Company. Ford company first released Model A. It gather people at a plant on Mack Avenue in Detroit. In October of 1908, Model T (The Tin Lizzie) introduced to people by Ford and posed 100 percent gains. His automobile was known to be inexpensive and for middle class from steady waged workers.His way to enforce royalty of workers was to rises up the wage to $5 per day. Ford standardize eight hour workday and the five day week. He pay black and white workers the same.
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”(Henry Ford)
In 1918 half of all cars in America were Model T’s.Henry Ford have a court battle with his stockholders, he bought out all minority stockholders by 1920. In 1927, Ford moved production to a massive industrial along the banks of the River Rouge in Dearborn, Michigan including glass factory, steel mill, assembly line etc. He died on April 7, 1947 , at age of 83 of cerebral hemorrhage.
HOW HE RElates to 1920s
Ford opposed World War 1, he fund a peace ship to Europe and he was a committed anti-Semite. He published news story about anti-Semitic on his own local newspaper, Dearborn Independent, and also express of respecting Adolf Hitler and Germany. Ford and his family found the Ford Foundation for supporting education and development.