Child Labor
Life in the 1800's by Brittany Hoover
Factory Workers
Child Labor
Pro War/Child Labor
Child Labor Jobs
Hours, Food, And Working Conditions
Harsh Conditions
Factory Workers
Accidents
Accidents That Occurred For Child Laborers
Children often worked long hours in dangerous conditions for little money and often accidents occurred. Children's hands and arms would get caught in the machinery and sometimes children would lose one or two fingers. -Fatigue played a big part which caused many accidents.
Punishments
Children often worked long hours in dangerous conditions for little money and often accidents occurred. Children's hands and arms would get caught in the machinery and sometimes children would lose one or two fingers. -Fatigue played a big part which caused many accidents.
Efforts To Improve/Stop Child Labor
Creating new regulations for children in the work place was not a popular endeavor. However, laws that would enforce a minimum working age, prohibit dangerous jobs and working conditions, and establishing maximum number of hours children could work eventually was passed by Congress. It took several years and many attempts but national laws were designed to improve working conditions and regulations for children in the workforce.
Women like Grace Abbott and Jane Addams made great strides in these reformations. Most noted was Lewis Hine for his work in establishing child labor laws. Grace Abbott met with some failures but eventually headed the Children's Bureau and led the campaign for a constitutional amendment limiting child labor. Jane Addams became aware of the working conditions for children when some children refused to take some candy that she offered them as she was receiving a Noble Peace Prize. Jane then worked towards establishing child labor laws. Lewis Hine founded the National Child Labor Committee and began a mission of "promoting the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working."