Take a step back in time, and picture young children, no older than 10 working in the dangerous smoke filled mines, their lungs being filled with the thick horrid fumes, or a little girl working a big sewing machine, one that with any tiny mistake could leave her hand scared, and maybe even broken. Children in tattered clothes, working jobs that even adults would find wearisome. Working long hours, every day for mere pennies. Today it would be hard to believe that this could ever have occurred, yet sadly in the 1900’s, this was the reality for many of the youth. The National Child Labor Committee had been trying to put an end to child labor since it had been founded in 1904, yet they had faced little success. One reason for this was it had
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I have come to realize that life for the youth back in the 1900’s was difficult and hard. Many would look over the fact their working conditions were dangerous, and could cause them harm. I realize that today many take for granted the laws we have in place in America today that protect us. We do not really realize the changes we do not see how life has improved in some ways. Yes, we still have some improving to do, yet we are a lot better off then we were a 100 years ago. The lifestyles many live today some of those kids never got to experience. Some never got to go to school, enjoy the company of friends, or had time to simply be a child. Many were thrust into adulthood. They had to work to make a better life for their families, to help provide for them. I believe that Lewis Hine made a great impact on the world. He brought to light through his photographs the loss of these children's innocence. He showed the people the dangerous, and the moral wrongdoing of child labor. He showed how deprived they were from an education, family, and time to grow up. He helped to shape the way people saw child labor, and improved the society we live in. He made a change for the better. Through the dangers and hardships he worked, even though some would wish to kill him if they found him. He put all that aside to unveil the darkness of child
I have come to realize that life for the youth back in the 1900’s was difficult and hard. Many would look over the fact their working conditions were dangerous, and could cause them harm. I realize that today many take for granted the laws we have in place in America today that protect us. We do not really realize the changes we do not see how life has improved in some ways. Yes, we still have some improving to do, yet we are a lot better off then we were a 100 years ago. The lifestyles many live today some of those kids never got to experience. Some never got to go to school, enjoy the company of friends, or had time to simply be a child. Many were thrust into adulthood. They had to work to make a better life for their families, to help provide for them. I believe that Lewis Hine made a great impact on the world. He brought to light through his photographs the loss of these children's innocence. He showed the people the dangerous, and the moral wrongdoing of child labor. He showed how deprived they were from an education, family, and time to grow up. He helped to shape the way people saw child labor, and improved the society we live in. He made a change for the better. Through the dangers and hardships he worked, even though some would wish to kill him if they found him. He put all that aside to unveil the darkness of child