Child Labor Progressive Reform by Joseph Noyes

Problem

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:01:18 UTC

Child labor deprived children of their childhood, and it interfered with their ability to attend regular school. Over 20% of the American workforce is made up of children!

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:03:44 UTC

Both child labor population percentages were over 5%. Even though the percentages may seem very different, the actual full number of children in the workforce is much higher than it was during the progressive era.

Problem

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:04:42 UTC

Over 6 million children under the age of 17 are employed. That's roughly 8.11% of the United States child population!

Reformers

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:05:43 UTC

Lewis Hine fought to lower child labor percentages by exposing companies that use child labor using photographs. This would help people truly see what large businesses were doing.

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:07:07 UTC

Both did or are changing the United States of America for the better by decreasing the number of children who are forced to work.

Reformers

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:08:17 UTC

The International Labor Organization (ILO) promotes social justice and human and labor rights all around the world. They work to decrease the number of children forced to work.

Solutions

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:09:00 UTC

Lewis Hine was a reformer who photographed and exposed large businesses for their child laborers. This helped lower the number of children in the workforce because businesses didn't want people to know that they were illegally employing children.

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:10:19 UTC

Both Lewis Hine and the International Labor Organization had the same goal: they wanted to get rid of child labor because it is immoral and it rips children from their childhood.

Solutions

josephnoyes — 2024-04-25 16:11:41 UTC

The International Labor Organization's (ILO's) goal is to completely eliminate and extinguish child labor by the year 2025.