“Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the poverty of the parent, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.”

About Florence Kelley

Social Reformer • American

Florence Kelley was a prominent American social and political reformer dedicated to combating labor abuses. A key figure during the Progressive Era, she championed legislation against sweatshops and for the minimum wage...