Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class
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Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat in 1919, then patented it in 1929. It's credited with saving lives on job sites while also becoming a symbol of working-class America.
Some 33 million Americans, about 10 percent of the national population, work hard-hat jobs today. Eleven men died on the project, a horrific figure by today's standards — but the death total was far better than the standards of the day. "The Hard Hat Riot was the prelude to the divide we now live with in America." — David Paul Kuhn Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"Hard-hat workers are brave people doing important work," said Wells Bullard, CEO of E.D. Bullard Co. in Kentucky, a manufacturer of personal safety equipment. She's also a great-granddaughter of the hard-hat inventor.
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