Thank God Unions evolved after this period and were able to improve the lot of the ordinary person and child.
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Most jobs in the US in the early 20th century were done under gruelling conditions.
Features that are now common in US workplaces — weekends off, 40-hour weeks, and other protections — were largely nonexistent in the early 1900s.
But one of the biggest differences between now and then may be who was doing the work.
Lewis Hine, a photographer for the National Child Labour Committee, captured photos of some of the children who made up the US labour force between 1908 and 1924.
Hine travelled throughout the US, documenting children working in factories, fields, and at home in support the NCLC’s mission to promote the “rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working.”
The photos below, compiled by the Library of Congress, are the result of Hine and the NCLC’s efforts to document child labour and its effects on the children who did it.
The captions come from the NCLC caption cards, edited for clarity and length.
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