Child Labor

Members of the National Child Labor Committee lobbied for change and produced poster exhibits urging protection of children. But even sentiments expressed in those posters - which were created to help the youth of America - reflect harsh expectations.

• "Every child should work but the work must develop not deaden"



• "Working children go to school part of the time"



• "A Child's Creed"



• Child Labor Reform poster advocates for compulsory education so that every child "shall have some chance to develop the best that is in him."



• National Child Labor Committee exhibit panel shows a map, developed with census data, depicting children who work in the various states. It asks the question: "What have you done for them?"