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They had to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and they only earned $0.20 a day.

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They had to work in the boiling sun and brutal winter cold. Some also died of extreme climate. Also they couldn't afford shoes.

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At the start of the 20 th century, labor in America was in short supply, and laws concerning the employment of children were rarely enforced or nonexistent. While Americans at the time supported the role of children working on family farms, there was little awareness of the other forms of labor being undertaken by young hands. In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine was employed by the newly-founded National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) to document child laborers and their workplaces nationwide. His well-made portraits of young miners, mill workers, cotton pickers, cigar rollers, newsboys, pin boys, oyster shuckers, and factory workers put faces on the issue, and were used by reformers to raise awareness and drive legislation that would protect young workers or prohibit their employment. After several stalled attempts in congress, the NCLC-backed Fair Labor Standards Act passed in 1938 with child labor provisions that remain the law of the land today, barring the employment of anyone under the age of 16.

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In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine traveled across the U.S. to document child laborers and their workplaces. His portraits were used by reformers to drive legislation that would protect young workers or prohibit their employment.

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Other places around the world still have street boys/girls trying to help there family and make money.

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Some of the work they did was deliver newspapers, shine shoes, delivered packages, and hauled firewood, ice, and coal.

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To do your part in society for example doing the work you need to do to support your family if your a kid instead of being forced into labor and barely being able to support your family.