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About George Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman Strike due to the high rent prices charged for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired African-American men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters, who provided elite service and were compensated only in tips.
Everything about George Pullman →- Occupation
- inventor, entrepreneur, factory owner
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 3, 1831, 1831
- Died
- October 19, 1897, 1897