"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time."
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Grace Abbott (1878-1939) was a pioneering American social reformer and advocate for children's welfare and women's rights. Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, she dedicated her life to improving social conditions, particularly through her work with the U.S. Children's Bureau and the American Civil Liberties Union. Abbott's unwavering commitment to social justice not only influenced child labor laws but also paved the way for future reforms in education and health care. Her legacy continues to inspire advocates for social change today.
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"The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school."
Grace Abbott