Bartoletti, Susan Cambell.
Kids on Strike
. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. The author does a wonderful job capturing all of the jobs that children worked during that time. There were many great pictures by Lewis Hine included.
Freedman, Russell.
Kids At Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
. Clarion Books, 1994. Freedman provides a wonderful portrayal of child labor in America during the early 1900s. It also shows Lewis Hine’s work and his involvement as an activist.
Reilly, Robert T.
Rebels in the Shadows
. University of Pittsburg Press, 2000.
Great book for middle schoolers. Useful resource that discuss the living and working conditions in the coal mines during the late 1800’s. The setting takes place in Pennsylvania.
Saller, Carol.
Working Children
. Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1998. This is a good resource because it gives insight into the history of child labor reform during the 19th century.
Child Labor
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/bus/A0811850.html
Child Labor In America 1908-1912
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Child labor in United States
www.ajkids.com
Child Labor in New York
http://tenant.net/Community/LES/kleeck9.html