The children’s rights movement took place in the late 1800s into the 1900s. Many people were involved in this movement. Some of he people are Mother Jones and Jacob Reese. This movement took place because kids were faced with many injustices, such as working for low wages and getting hurt on the job.
Children faced many injustices during this time. They were working for low wages and had no health benefits to protect them. If children were harmed which most of the time they were the factor that they worked for did not do anything about it. There are many Primary sources during the time of this movement. One of the sources is the children labor laws. These laws state the rules of children in the work place. It states that Kids had to be at least 12 years f age to work in a factory and they should not work more then 10 hours.
There were many methods of resistance during the children’s rights movement. One of the methods of resistance was marches and walks. A woman named Mother Jones and a group of children walked from Philadelphia to
Washington to protest about children’s rights. Another form of resistance was taking pictures. A man by the name of Jacob Reese went around taking pictures of children working in factories and the conditions they were in. Some of the children had no fingers and were very hurt. He showed these pictures to people. These pictures were also put in the news papers. There were also strikes on the street protesting that children should get rights. During these strikes many people were beaten and got hurt. These methods were affective because it brought a lot of attention to the cause of children’s rights.
There were many achievements that came out of all of these marches strikes and so on. They brought so much attention on this cause that they made laws for the cause. One law that they made to help this cause is called the Fair Labor standards act. This law was created in 1938. This law states the age limits of children working in dangerous jobs such as working in factories and mines. Many people were pleased with this act.
I think that this movement is very important to study. It is important to study because I am a kid and if there was not this movement then I would not have the rights I have today. This movement and the kids and adults involved in it helped children and made sure that they are treated fair and equal. This movement makes me feel lucky to have the rights that I have today. I do not have to work in factories at my age and I can go to school and I am treated fairly. I have the privileges of all of these things because of this movement that helped children in
America for ever.
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