Child Labor History
“If we can’t begin to agree on the fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we are really not ready to march forward into the future.” (Alexis Herman). This quote by Alexis Herman, the 23rd United States Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, says that without the elimination of child labor, America will never be able to fully prosper into the world power that they want to become. In the mid 1800’s, the Industrial Revolution began industrializing the United States and moving them forward into the new technological country that it soon would become. During the Industrial Revolution, as the United States began to grow into a great world power, one of the unfortunate results was the emergence
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that the campaign against child labor would have made such rapid headway after 1900 had it not been for the pressure brought to bear on both public opinion and legislatures by voluntary groups such as the consumers’ leagues, state charities aid associations, federations of women’s clubs, and the child-labor committees …show more content…
During the Industrial Revolution, as the United States began to grow into a great world power, one of the unfortunate results was the emergence of child labor. As America got more technologically advanced, they declined in how they treated the future generation. Although there were huge advantages of the new technology and the new means of production, it had more negative outcomes than positive. Due to the efforts of many advocates, for example Samuel Gompers who created the American Federation of labor, and James Festus Barrett who created the National Child Labor Committee, labor laws were implemented which prohibited children to work in America. America found the way to use their new technology without harming children in the work field. The new labor laws were so successful that schools began to get crowded due to the influx of children. The prohibition of child labor throughout America has created a better and brighter future for the country’s children, allowing America to become great once
that the campaign against child labor would have made such rapid headway after 1900 had it not been for the pressure brought to bear on both public opinion and legislatures by voluntary groups such as the consumers’ leagues, state charities aid associations, federations of women’s clubs, and the child-labor committees …show more content…
During the Industrial Revolution, as the United States began to grow into a great world power, one of the unfortunate results was the emergence of child labor. As America got more technologically advanced, they declined in how they treated the future generation. Although there were huge advantages of the new technology and the new means of production, it had more negative outcomes than positive. Due to the efforts of many advocates, for example Samuel Gompers who created the American Federation of labor, and James Festus Barrett who created the National Child Labor Committee, labor laws were implemented which prohibited children to work in America. America found the way to use their new technology without harming children in the work field. The new labor laws were so successful that schools began to get crowded due to the influx of children. The prohibition of child labor throughout America has created a better and brighter future for the country’s children, allowing America to become great once