Cartoon from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.).  During the Progressive Era many organizations were formed to outlaw the child labor that was a feature of Gilded Age Industrial Revolution, which included teenage girls working long hours in mills.   The cartoon shows a child laborer supporting the world with her labor, including an uncaring robber baron industrialist.
<ul><li>The picture of the cartoon preserved at LC is attributed to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hine" title="Lewis Hine">Lewis Hine</a> (1874-1940) based on provenance.) What appears to be the artist's signature is seen at lower left, but is not legible in this copy. See talk page for further discussion.</li></ul>
circa 1912 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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