Child Labor in the 1900s

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In this picture, the little girl is a factory worker in the mills. In the picture you see the girl looking out the window at the outside world she probably rarely sees. You can tell from the background that the working conditions in the factory are incredibly bad. The dust and dirt can easily make a person sick. The machines in the factories were also very dangerous especially for a young girl, like the one pictured. Her clothes look very dirty and dingy. Child labor increased rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. People wanted children to work for them because they could do some jobs adults could not and also the children were often willing to work for less money and for longer than adults were. They worked often more diligently and put up with the bad conditions more than the adults would. Many children worked to support their families and many didn't go to school because they had to work.