EPISODE · Apr 16, 2008 · 11 MIN
Child Labor: "...it is better for children to learn to work when they are little"
from A Kansas Memory: The Kansas Historical Society Library and Archives Podcast · host Lin Fredericksen
Children's lives have changed dramatically in America in the last hundred years. Today we take it for granted that children will attend public school and not work full-time, but in the early 1900's, laws regulating child labor were still evolving. Hear what Kansas parents and business owners had to say about these laws when they first took effect.
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Children's lives have changed dramatically in America in the last hundred years. Today we take it for granted that children will attend public school and not work full-time, but in the early 1900's, laws regulating child labor were still evolving. Hear what Kansas parents and business owners had to say about these laws when they first took effect.
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Child Labor: "...it is better for children to learn to work when they are little"
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