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Describes the conditions and treatment that drove workers, including many children, to various strikes, from the mill workers strikes in 1828 and 1836 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the work of Mother Jones on behalf of child workers.
By the early 1900s, nearly two million children were working in the United States. From the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the cotton mills of New England, children worked long hours every day under stunningly inhumane conditions. After years and years of oppression, children began to organize and make demands for better wages, fairer housing costs, and safer working environments.
Some strikes led by young people were successful; some were not. Some strike stories are shocking, some are heartbreaking, and many are inspiring — but all are a testimony to the strength of mind and spirit of the children who helped build American industry.
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Strikes and lockouts, United States, History, Juvenile literature, Child labor, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 8, Children, united states, Child welfare, juvenile literature, Child welfare, United states, history, United states, social conditions, Children & childhood, Social issues - general & miscellaneous, Labor & unionsPlaces
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Kids on Strike!
August 2003, Tandem Library
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Kids on Strike!
August 2003, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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0606294228 9780606294225
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"The rows of spinning machines whirred and whizzed around ten-year-old Harriet Hanson."
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