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A Reformer Describes Child Labor in the Coal Mines
John Spargo's The Bitter Cry of Children, published in 1906, was among the most influential and widely read accounts of child labor written during the Progressive era. Spargo described work at the coal breaker, the area outside the mine where coal [...]
Tags: Child Labor, Progressivism
Item Type: Book (excerpt)
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Jacob Riis Describes "The Street Arab"
In this excerpt from How the Other Half Lives, his famous 1890 book about urban poverty, Jacob Riis describes the army of young newsboys and bootblacks who worked and lived in Manhattan's streets. Later in the book, Riis praises the work of the [...]
Tags: Progressivism
Item Type: Book (excerpt)
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)