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In 1835, children employed in the silk mills of Paterson, NJ went on strike and fought to reduce their hours to 11 hours a day, 6 days a week. In 1903, Labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones lead child workers in demanding a 55 hour work week. In 1918 and 1922 new Federal child labor laws passed by Congress were declared unconstitutional. It wasn't until 1938 that child labor itself was banned and we were all given the 40-hour work week. Lewis Wickes Hine, Child Worker, Lewis Hine, Edward Weston, Ellen Von Unwerth, Labor Law, Ellis Island, Ansel Adams, Coal Mining

In 1835, children employed in the silk mills of Paterson, NJ went on strike and fought to reduce their hours to 11 hours a day, 6 days a week. In 1903, Labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones lead child workers in demanding a 55 hour work week. In 1918 and 1922 new Federal child labor laws passed by Congress were declared unconstitutional. It wasn't until 1938 that child labor itself was banned and we were all given the 40-hour work week.

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Lewis Hine | Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and now would "stay". Location: Vermont | The Met Lewis Wickes Hine, Child Worker, Lewis Hine, Julia Margaret Cameron, Cotton Mill, School Vacation, American Children, Gelatin Silver Print, Historical Pictures

Inscription: Inscribed in pencil, verso C: " 'Spinner in a // New England mill // A very exceptional // case in that year // N1050 547' "; inscribed in pencil, verso TLC, TC, TR: "lc2 [?]", "HINE", "1916"; inscribed in pencil, verso TR, CR: "[strikethrough "1916" followed by question mark]; inscribed in pencil, verso TR: "1913"; inscribed in pencil, verso TR: " - 1 [after "1913"]; numbered in red pencil, verso BL: "2 [encircled]"; numbered in pencil, verso BLC: "16A [encircled]"

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