Child and Women Labor Reform

The progressives were somewhat successful in regulating child labor at the state level and not the federal level.


Wrong: Awful conditions


People: Louis hines who was interested in reform in this area


Evidence of progress made (state laws and federal law that then ended up being unionistitutional)

Child labor was still allowed

Child labor today stll happens (migrant workers in fields)


WOMEN



Working conditions sucked for women

focus on sweat shops

garments workers union, francis perkins, robert wagner they all b


federal court: fewer working hours for women