6th Annual Judith Ramaley Celebration of Research and Creative Scholarship
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Oral Presentation #E2 A Black and White Snapshot in Time: A New Agenda to Regulate Child Labor Megan Fechner Faculty Mentor: Matthew Lindaman Right from the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States faced a new political ideology that favored social, political, and economic reform, which is known as Progressivism. Progressivism influenced many major reforms throughout the nation, yet struggled for years to regulate one labor force, child labor. With many organizations spreading throughout the United States and a new type of journalism there were more demands for action to take place. By looking at a variety of primary and secondary documents I have been able to determine the influence the media had placed on the public and governmental officials. I studied many photographs, newspaper articles, and statistics that were taken about child labor. With my research I have determined how the National Child Labor Committee was able to influence the public and government to finally take action by using muckraking techniques. |
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