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Child Labor in the 1930's
How did the child labor affect the lives of the children?
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Did the children get an education?
-Children working full-time jobs received very little schooling
-Only the wealthy could afford or find time for an education
How did the parents feel about it?
-the parents did not want children working
-so desperate for money
Did the children get time off?
-could not work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
-summer vacation: 10 hours instead of 12
-no more than 3 hours if one went to school
What was the children's monthly wage?
-$0.40 - $1.10 a night
-In the later 1930s a $0.40 minimum wage was established
What was the age group of the children?
-Ages 6-18
How many hours did the children have to work?
How did the children personally feel about working?
-children did not want to work so some ran away and became known as "box car children"
How many hours did the children have to work?
-12 hours or more a day
-60 hours a week
How did the factories affect the children?
-some lost limbs
-girls got scalped
-boys lost fingers in the coal mines
-crushed or smothered to death in the mines
Relations to "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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what were the children responsible for in the factories?
-match, nail, textile factories
-iron/coal miners, gas plants, shipyards
-farms, chimney sweeper
Did the job affect the child's health?
-girls had to work around big sowing machines
-boys had to handle large objects that were dangerous
-the more children that worked, the worse the conditions
How many children generally worked in the factories?
-1.5 to 2 million under 15 years old
-almost 60,000 in New York