" W.A. supported fair wages, even opposing wage reductions when copper prices fell, and as a result he didn’t suffer from strikes. He also offered model healthcare for workers, and when Daly opposed a law requiring safety cages in the mines, Clark supported it—even if only for political advantage. He also supported voting rights for women. "

― Bill Dedman , Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune