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Reformer Grace Abbott Was Born

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Portrait of a girl, standing, working at a machine in a textile plant, Cherryville, N.C.

Abbott's crusade for child labor laws was so that young girls like this one wouldn't be forced to work

CREDIT: Hine, Lewis Wickes, photographer. "Portrait of a Girl, Standing, Working at a Machine in a Textile Plant, Facing Right, Cherryville, North Carolina." November 1908. National Child Labor Committee Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.



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