At the beginning of the twentieth century child labor was rapid in the United States. Some children worked nineteen hour days with one hour break, the children also experienced poor working conditions, were exposed to dangerous machinery, and received cruel punishments for minor mistakes. Although, laws were passed to protect working children and outlawed child labor. These laws were disregarded and unenforced in many American factories in response to these abuses. One such hero Lewis Hines was a member of the National Child Labor Committee taking photographs with the aim of raising awareness of promoting rights for working children. Lewis Hines wanted to show photographs to the public the issues that needed to be corrected in the nation’s
