Helping To End Oppressive Child Labor In The US
The 1900 United States Census showed the population of America growing
by over 20% since the previous census ten years before. Good news for a
still expanding, young country. Yet there was another astonishing figure
which appalled many. One in six children aged between five and ten were
recorded as being in gainful employment.
Lewis Hine (1874 - 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer.
Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were
instrumental in changing the
child labor laws in the United States.
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