“Children should not be allowed to labor in the
factories from morning till night, without any time for
healthy recreation and mental culture,” for it
“endangers their . . . well-being and health”
~New England Association of Farmers
“Child Slavery”
In 1900, 18% of all workers
were under the age of 16
Who cares?
National Child Labor Committee
Lewis
Hine
Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones)
Oh, Mother Jones…..
I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser.
Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.
I will tell the truth wherever I please.
I was born in revolution.
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me.
I preferred sewing to bossing little children.
Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.
Florence
Kelley
LAWS AND LEGISLATION
Educational Reform
JOHN DEWEY
Child Labor Reform of the 21st Century