Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905 about children working long hours whether at night or day. She is trying to convince her audience about the negative effects of child labor laws by illustrating the horrible working conditions and by using the structure of the speech to manipulate the emotions of the audience. Florence reveals to her audience that child labor is increasing uncontrollably. She refers to the ‘’deafening noise’’ of the machines the children work on all night to give a sense of the difficult work
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Florence Kelley Florence Kelley was an American social worker and reformer who fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. In 1876‚ she entered Cornell University but her poor health kept her from graduating until 6 years later. She then studied at the University of Zurich where women were permitted to obtain postgraduate degrees and where she applied her developed passions for Socialism. Kelley married a Polish-Russian physician‚ Lazare Wischnewetzky
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Most people think child labor is wrong. Most people think child labor is acceptable. Many companies such as Nike‚ have shoes and sportswear produced in factories. The required age to have a job is 16‚ but in some countries‚ 14 year olds can have jobs. Child labor is becoming more popular as the days go on. People are debating on whether to accept it or deny it. To begin‚ Nike has a minimum age of 18 in order to work in the factories. Having a person who is 16-18‚ they are mature enough
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In the 20th century‚ women and children faced many unjust actions across the United States. Many supporters of the women’s suffrage were also advocates of child labor restrictions. Florence Kelley‚ an ambitious reformer and social worker‚ delivered a speech to the National American Women Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905 to encourage others to advocate the rights of women and children. Kelley appeals to the pathos of her audience with the use of imagery thought structure in order
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Evolution of the Attitude toward Child Labor Henry Mayhew ’s "Watercress Girl" and William Blake ’s "The Chimney-Sweeper" both focus on the child labor that was prevalent during the Romantic and Victorian time periods. Throughout both of these time periods‚ poverty provided the fuel that burned the fire of child exploitation. Due to the differences in the two periods‚ the attitudes and perceptions concerning child labor had distinctive variations. These works provide a brief look at the evolution
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In parts of the world today‚ sadly there is still poverty‚ disease‚ and child labor similar to the book Oliver Twist. Poverty still exists in many places‚ just as it did in Oliver Twist. “22% of all children live in families that are in poverty in the modern day world”. That shows how many children are still living in derelict living situations. Also‚ poverty can be near you. Types of poverty is low income‚ homelessness‚ and hunger. “Over population can cause poverty from too many people with too
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Child labor was one of the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution in the United States‚ factories used the cheaper labor force and ease of manipulation to mistreat the children for a greater profit margin. In 1810 over two million children worked up to eighteen hours a day in dangerous and harmful jobs‚ often without break or adequate nourishment. It can be seen that many parents can not safely regulate their own children’s’ labor outside of family farms. The United States government has the
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1. Why did the use of child labor increase after the Civil War? After the Civil war demand for labor grew because the availability of natural resources‚ new inventions‚ and a receptive market. Children were sent to work to help support their families since the factory wages for their parents were low. 2. Why did many oppose the use of children as factory workers? Many opposed child labor since the long hours of work deprived the children of the opportunity to go to school. Also‚
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companies employing child labor Two lines of arguments: 1) Economic Sense for the Corporations‚ reduces their costs 2) Benefits for the children employed in child labor I think‚ given it is an ethics class‚ we should go with the second line of attack being that child labor has clear benefits for the children employed in child labor in the developing world. If asked‚ most people in our society will tell you that they are dead set against the concept of child labor. They look disapprovingly
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Child Poverty in Africa More than 140 million children in North Central Africa live in extreme poverty (Child Poverty para2). Africa still has the world’s greatest number of infant mortality due to poverty (Child Poverty para4). Unfortunately‚ African children can live in and die from poverty; however‚ humanitarian groups such as Stand Up For Africa can offer these children some help. The future of this problem is unwritten. Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. Because
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