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A young spinner in Yazoo City

boy at Turkey Knob Mine

How the Progressive era changed child labour in the U.S.

Children hauling coal up the slope of an English mine; from an engraving of the 1840s.

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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A young spinner in Yazoo City

boy at Turkey Knob Mine

Children hauling coal up the slope of an English mine; from an engraving of the 1840s.

How the Progressive era changed child labour in the U.S.

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social issue childhood labour serfdom forced labour statute labour peonage slavery

Key People

Abbott, Grace

Grace Abbott

American social worker

Florence Kelley.

Florence Kelley

American social reformer

Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

American social reformer

Helen Marot

American author, librarian, and labor organizer

Textile mill worker

Lewis Hine

American photographer