The National Child Labor Committee Seeks Members
The National Child Labor Committee was organized in 1904 by reformers concerned about the safety, health, and education of working children. It campaigned for state and federal laws that would ban child labor and require public education. Among its [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)
A Reformer Describes Child Labor in the Coal Mines
John Spargo's The Bitter Cry of Children, published in 1906, was among the most influential and widely read accounts of child labor written during the Progressive era. Spargo described work at the coal breaker, the area outside the mine where coal [...]
Tags: Child Labor, Progressivism
Item Type: Book (excerpt)
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)