Child Labor
The Problem
Child labor was a problem before the Progressive Era. Children worked on the road selling newspapers, in dangerous factories, and on farms. Children worked long hours. Also, children worked in underground mines instead of going to school. Children were too young to be working in mines or in factories, because it was bad for their health. Children worked because their families needed money. Bosses liked children workers because they could pay them less than an adult. Bosses paid children less because they were easy to control.
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i think that children work because their families needed money, but they also get less paid and children work in dangerous factories and mine.
People, Groups, Movement
In 1904, the group of National Child Labor Committee end the child labor, they shared goals of challenging child labor, including through anti-sweatshop campaigns and labeling programs. They combined with efforts to provide free, compulsory education for all children.
Lewis Hine was the other one who ended child labor. He was a photographer who took pictures of the children working. Lewis Hine posted it on the newspaper and when people saw the picture from the newspaper, they were upset.
Mother Jones was a journalist. She wrote articles about child labor. She gave speeches to the people so that they would know what children were going through dangerous work. So the people could fix the problem.
Lewis Hine was the other one who ended child labor. He was a photographer who took pictures of the children working. Lewis Hine posted it on the newspaper and when people saw the picture from the newspaper, they were upset.
Mother Jones was a journalist. She wrote articles about child labor. She gave speeches to the people so that they would know what children were going through dangerous work. So the people could fix the problem.
Above left: This picture describes children in the early 1900s against child labor. (Original photo from progressiveeraexhibition.weebly.com)
Above middle: Mother Jones was a journalist. (Original photo from u-s-history.com.)
Above right: Lewis Hine was a photographer. (Original photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hine)
Above middle: Mother Jones was a journalist. (Original photo from u-s-history.com.)
Above right: Lewis Hine was a photographer. (Original photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hine)
Reform
Child Labor Reform
In 1836 Massachusetts was the first state who had child labor law the children who were under 15 that were working needed to go school for about 3 months/years, later on 1876 minimum age law came, the working men’s banned the employment of children’s who were under the age of 14 then on 1892 the democratic party had a platform plank based on the union recommendations to ban children who were under 15 to work at a factory , on the year 1904 the national campaign was being aggressive for the new federal child labor reform in the 1936 the Walsh-Healey Act states that the U.S. government decided to not purchase goods made by underage children’s , in the 1937 if the beet growers violated the state minimum age and hours of works standards for children’s they would had benefit payments made by the Sugar act.
Finally in the year 1938 the federal law regulated the minimum wages of employment and the hours of works for the children who were working on factories and the one’s that were under age.
The Fair labor standard act:
In 1938 the National child labor committee’s worked to end child labor and gave compulsory education for every children and later the passage was called The Fair l labor standard Act.
The Keating-Owen Act:
This law in 1916 it made child labor illegal but it failed later in 1938 it finally worked.
In 1836 Massachusetts was the first state who had child labor law the children who were under 15 that were working needed to go school for about 3 months/years, later on 1876 minimum age law came, the working men’s banned the employment of children’s who were under the age of 14 then on 1892 the democratic party had a platform plank based on the union recommendations to ban children who were under 15 to work at a factory , on the year 1904 the national campaign was being aggressive for the new federal child labor reform in the 1936 the Walsh-Healey Act states that the U.S. government decided to not purchase goods made by underage children’s , in the 1937 if the beet growers violated the state minimum age and hours of works standards for children’s they would had benefit payments made by the Sugar act.
Finally in the year 1938 the federal law regulated the minimum wages of employment and the hours of works for the children who were working on factories and the one’s that were under age.
The Fair labor standard act:
In 1938 the National child labor committee’s worked to end child labor and gave compulsory education for every children and later the passage was called The Fair l labor standard Act.
The Keating-Owen Act:
This law in 1916 it made child labor illegal but it failed later in 1938 it finally worked.
After the Progressive Movement, children didn't need to work in dangerous jobs.