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Crusade for the children : a history of the National Child Labor Committee and child labor reform in America

Title
Crusade for the children : a history of the National Child Labor Committee and child labor reform in America / by Walter I. Trattner.
Author
Trattner, Walter I.
Publication
Chicago : Quadrangle Books, 1970.

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Description
319 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Reviews the history of the movement to protect children's rights and abolish the harsh conditions of child labor in the United States.
Subject
  • National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
  • Child labor > United States
  • Employment (Economic theory)
  • Child Welfare > history
  • Employment
  • employing
  • Child labor
  • Child labor > United States
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The problem emeges -- The National Child Labor Committee -- A slow start -- Broadening the field -- Federal Child Labor legislation -- Tenements, farms, and schools -- The proposed Federal Child Labor Amendment -- Depression decade: successes and setbacks -- World War II and after.
ISBN
  • 081290141X
  • 9780812901412
LCCN
76116090
OCLC
  • ocm00099045
  • 99045
  • SCSB-62968
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library