National Child Labor Committee

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The National Child Labor Committee was a prominent early 20th-century American reform organization dedicated to ending child labor and promoting children’s welfare through advocacy, research, and legislation.

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National Child Labor Committee canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf advocacy organization
nonprofit organization
reform organization
activity advocacy
investigative reporting
lobbying
public education
research
collaboratedWith labor unions
settlement house movement
women’s clubs
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1980s
employed Lewis Hine
field child labor reform
children's welfare
social reform
focus agricultural child labor
compulsory education laws
industrial child labor
maximum hours for working children
minimum age laws
founded 1904
foundedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
hasAbbreviation NCLC
headquartersLocation New York City
ideology Progressive Era reform
influenced Fair Labor Standards Act
surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Keating–Owen Child Labor Act
surface form: Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
legalStatus private nonprofit organization
notableFor campaigns for federal child labor laws
use of photography to document child labor conditions
notableMember Felix Adler
Florence Kelley
Jane Addams
Lillian Wald
Owen Lovejoy
opposed exploitative child labor practices
purpose advocate for child labor legislation
end child labor in the United States
promote children’s welfare
supported federal regulation of child labor
state child labor laws
timePeriod early 20th century
usedMedium exhibitions
pamphlets
photography
public lectures

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Felix Adler memberOf National Child Labor Committee
Lewis Hine employer National Child Labor Committee
Lewis Hine memberOf National Child Labor Committee