An Amendment to the Constitution is Needed to Give the United States Power to Safeguard the Child Life of the Nation.
Pamphlet advocating for the<span> </span><span>Child Labor Amendment,</span><span> passed in 1924, but never ratified.<br /></span><br />Text from back of pamphlet: <br /><br />A federal minimum will give to American Children all the advantages of our federal form of government.<br />Every state may wish to give its children greater protection than a national minimum would provide.<br />Is any state willing to give them less?<br /><br />------<br /><br />The following organizations issue this appeal for the passage of a Children's Amendment by the next Congress: <br />American Federation of Labor <br />Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America <br />General Federation of Women's Clubs <br />Girls Friendly Society in America <br />National Child Labor Committee <br />National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations <br />National Consumers' League<br />National Council of Jewish Women <br />National Council of Women, Inc.<br /> National Education Association<br />National Federation of Teachers<br />National Federation of Businesses and Professional Women's Clubs <br />National League of Women Voters <br />National Woman's Christian Temperance Union <br />National Women's Trade Union League<br /> Service Star Legion <br />Young Woman's Christian Association.
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21369067190001101" target="_blank">HD 6250 .U3A5 1920</a>
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Errand Boys, Child Labor Street Permit #254. Pinback button.
Child labor street permit. This pinback button for an errand boy was issued in 1929. Variant state seal with armored Virtus and mountains in the distance.
Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Virginia
M 9, Box 230, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>
1929