Children at Work

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CHILDREN AT WORK
I) Children’sWork
--Industrial Labor
--Tenement Trades
--Street Trades
Mill Boys
Sewing Garters
Selling Peanuts
II) Campaign Against Child Labor
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Sentimentalism
Economic Factors
Progressive Movement
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
National Child Labor Committee, 1904
Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938
III) Pricing the Priceless Child
Establishing the “value” of children
Economic value
Emotional Value
Funerals, Insurance, and Wrongful Death