1930's Medicine and Health | "Children Hurt at Work"

Journal article

By: Gertrude Folks Zimand

Date: July 1932

Source: Zimand, Gertrude Folks. "Children Hurt at Work." The Survey, July 1932.

About the Author: Gertrude Folks Zimand (1894–1966) was the director of research and publicity for the National Child Labor Committee, a private organization founded in 1904 and dedicated to controlling child labor, establishing fair laws, and protecting working children. The committee continued to operate in the early years of the twenty-first century.

Introduction

The work of children is integral to the history of the United States. They worked on family farms and for family businesses. With the industrial revolution, however, they also began to labor in mills, mines, and factories. The 1900 U.S. census showed that almost two million children between the ages of ten and fifteen were employed. The National Child Labor...