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Throughout much of the nation's history, young people were forced by necessity into the labor market. This book focuses on children and teenagers who endured unbearably long working days, dangerous job responsibilities, and paltry wages, yet were empowered by their quest for civil rights. Each chapter recounts an important labor battle of the nineteenth or early twentieth century and explores the role that children played in it. Some protests, including the mill girls' strike for higher wages in 1836 New England and the New York City rent protest led by sixteen-year-old Pauline Newman, were organized by young people. Others, such as the turn-of-the-century Pennsylvania coal strikes, were initiated by adult workers, although children also participated. The well-designed book, liberally illustrated with black-and-white archival photographs, documents these events through the experiences of specific children profiled in the lean, compelling text. The book is honest in describing not only the strikes that ended in success but also those that failed or resulted in limited victories. The final chapter surveys the development of the National Child Labor Committee and briefly touches on the plight of African-American child laborers (who frequently worked for no pay at all) and the pioneering art of Lewis Hine, whose photographs of child workers brought the issue before the American public. Finally, it includes information on the later life experiences of many of the children discussed in the text. As memorable as their inspiring stories are, they represent just a few of the children who worked and battled for better lives. The anonymous children depicted in the photographs-older than their years, dirty, sometimes maimed by factory machinery-are equally haunting and affecting. Bibliographical references, an index, and a helpful "Timeline of Federal Child Labor Laws" are included.Horn Book"A comprehensive examination of the socioeconomic factors that spurred the formation of child organized strikes, this historical tour de force elucidates why child labor laws were developed and continue to be such a necessity. Bartoletti (No Man's Land, p. 627, etc.) looks at the major industries that profited from the exploitation of child labor and how those employed by such operations worked to create a better environment for themselves and others. While there is mention of the Newsie Strike' in New York City and the fate of the sharecroppers in the southern cotton industry, the garment and coal mining industries loom as the real villains in child labor issues. Bartoletti provides numerous examples of how debilitating poverty drove entire families to work in utter squalor and suffer cruel treatment at the hands of profit-driven conglomerates. Personal stories illuminate the wretched conditions under which many of these children labored, with a focus on the instances when a child mobilized fellow workers to demand their rights. The grit and determination of these children who, in the face of police abuse, bureaucratic negligence, and governmental (even presidential) indifference, banded together for a common cause, and the startling black-and-white photographs, ensure that readers will be alternately awed and appalled by this stunning account of child labor in the US." Kirkus Reviews"Through personal narratives and powerful photographs and reproductions, this book tells the dynamic story of child labor in America and the efforts to organize to achieve social justice." School Library Journal
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About the Author
Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the award-winning author of several books for young readers, including Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1850, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal. She lives in Moscow, Pennsylvania. Visit her website at www.scbartoletti.com.
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Age Range: 10 - 12 years
Grade Level: 5 - 7
Lexile Measure: 920L (What's this?)
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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (August 25, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0618369236
ISBN-13: 978-0618369232
Product Dimensions:
7.5 x 0.6 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.5 out of 5 stars
11 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#482,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I had this book as a kid and it was very informative & easy to read. Short chapters, lots of pictures, and a very story-oriented angle of history; each chapter focuses at least in part on a specific leader, which lends the whole thing a readability that not all children's history books have.All in all a good book about children's history written on a child's reading level. As an adult, it's still good. The pictures are wonderful. It appears to have good sources, so, despite the simplification of events (to make it comprehensible/interesting for children), I trust that the information is verifiable. If you have kids who like history or are by turns fascinated and horrified by child labor (as I was), this book is great.
This is a book about the travails of boys and girls in the labor force in America. It starts in the 1800's with the early beginnings of the American industrial revolution.We begin this harrowing journey in Lowell, Massachusetts in the Textile mills. Lowell was the first large-scale industrial center designed for the purpose. I imagine that my hometown of Lawrence, Mass was the next.I know that neither of them was the first textile manufacturing community but they were the first communities "planned" specifically for that purpose.We follow child laborers from the textile mills, to the streets as Messengers, Bootblacks, and Newsies; then as rent strikers and coal miners and breaker boys and into the garment industry and then back to Lawrence and the "Bread and Roses Strike of 1912."We touch on black children picking cotton and hit briefly on the migrant kids in the fields and the orchards.It is pretty rugged stuff but certainly not as rugged as it must have been for those poor children living through this period of American history.Sadly much of this history has been put aside in the United States. It seems that talking about working people and their hardships in America is un-American - even Communist.This book points out the part that children have played in the construction of the middle class in America. It is a very interesting perspective. And it tells a story that can't be denied or trivialized. This stuff all happened and it happened to children. It is a sad story. It is another sad story in a long line of American tragedies.Near the end of this book the author places "A Timeline of Federal Child Labor Laws." This Timeline is also interesting. I will synopsize it here because it makes a huge point that deserves emphasis and repeating:In 1916 and 1919 the first child labor laws were passed and signed into law by Woodrow Wilson. Fourteen is decided upon as the minimum age for a child to work in an industry and not more than eight hours in any one day. Children who work in the street trades or in agriculture are exempted and not protected under this legislation: In 1918 and 1922 these minimal provisions for the protection of children were declared to be unconstitutional. In 1924 an amendment to protect children in the workplace is proposed. It is rejected and not ratified. In 1929 and 1933 children are being used in place of adults in American industries at cheaper wages. The National Child Labor Committee lobbies the government with the suggestion that a minimum working age for children will keep kids in school and make jobs available for adults.The author does not say whether this tactic was successful or not, but I imagine that it was not. In April and May 1933 there was a series of children's strikes in Pennsylvania. (I have no doubt that there were similar strikes elsewhere also.) In May 1933 these striking children win pay increases and minimum wage laws - for children. In 1935 these pay increase and minimum wage laws for children are declared unconstitutional. In 1938 The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits the employment of children under fourteen and under sixteen while school is in session. This law has other minimum wage provisions and hazardous work considerations.The author does not say that these laws have been declared unconstitutional as of yet - but I have no doubt that someone out there is working on it. You can bet on that. It may even be that these laws have already been "adjusted."The Supreme Court has a rather interesting history. It supported injustice when it came to slavery; it supported injustice when it came to Native Americans; it supported injustice when it came to children in the labor force; it supported injustice when it came to adults in the work place; it supported injustice in regard to contract rights; it supported injustice in regard to the rights of women; it supported injustice when it came to the rights of states; it supports injustice in its established Military; it supported injustice in establishing the voting franchise - it seems that the only time it supports justice is when it is dealing with an issue that the court of public opinion demands justice.It does seem to me that over the decades it has been more important what the American people think than what the Supreme Court thinks. If the vast majority of the American people think opposite to the Supreme Court you can be sure that the Supreme Court will change its mind.Richard Edward Noble - The Hobo Philosopher - Author of:"America on Strike" A Survey of Labor Strikes in America
This is a wonderful book! Lots of pictures,that are sometimes heartbreaking, and a lot of information that you would not learn in school. It's actually meant to be a Young Adult book but it is so well written you won't even notice.
My daughter loved this book
I selected this book as part of a reading unit on youth and the workforce. This book give great background on the various kid and adult led movements. Very accessible. My social studies team members liked it.
Exactly as promised. Thanks!
Needed this for school. ONE-SIDED HISTORY. But whatever, we got to watch Newsies after we read it.
This book had a lot of good info for a high school research paper about the newsies and the strike in NYC.
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