Sadie Pfeifer and Making Human Junk

I recently read the section pertaining to Lewis Hine in the American Protest Literature (Trodd) book, and struggled with a way to write this post. Considering that it doesn't have much in common with my previous posts, I was finding it hard to write about. But then I remembered the concepts of equality, oppression, and justice and realized how this entry of the book was important to American history and the forming of it's future. It is sad to think that the idea of child labor used to be commonly accepted and freely practiced, not only in the U.S. but in many other places in the world. Comparing the conditions children were working in, the lack of safety, and the extremely low wages, I am glad that someone like Lewis Hine took the time to shed light on the situation. His photograph of the children helped the people in those times create an emotional connection to the issue, although the progress of this children's movement seemed somewhat slow, it was much needed.