“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.”

Grace Abbott

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About Grace Abbott

Social Reformer American

Grace Abbott was a pioneering American social worker, public administrator, and reformer dedicated to improving the lives of immigrants and children. She served as the director of the Immigrants' Protective League in...

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