Introduction
This project will explore the role of children in family life and their involvement with child labor in the United States from the year 1877 through the year 1955. In… Read more »
Author Archives: Jake Attias
The Rise of Child Labor (1877-1910)
“Children Bought and Sold In Italy and Greece”,Chicago Tribune, Page F4, July 1904 In 1904 the Chicago Daily Tribune published this newspaper article, titled “Children Bought and Sold In Italy… Read more »
Continued Exploitation of Children (1911-1930)
“Child Labor Employer”, Lewis Hine, Cartoon (1912) In 1912 Lewis Hine created this cartoon depicting an adults hand brutally crushing a group of children with his palm. The suffering children… Read more »
The Struggle to Eradicate Child Labor (1930-1955)
” Yo cuando era niño – mi padre querido”, Jose Suarez, Song (1939) In 1939 José Suarez recorded this song that he had written titled “Yo cuando era niño –… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources Brown, Marcus L. “A Georgia Cotton Field.” 1907. Photographic Print. Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-41744. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007682427/ “Child Labor Standards for the Nation’s Children”;… Read more »