The picture above showing children working in a cotton mill is something that could have been seen anywhere in America during the Gilded Age. Coal mines was another deadly place for children to work in at this time. Many companies like this cotton mill actually preferred children because their hands were small and agile enough to do work that older employees could not do. Even though children did just as much work, their pay scale was even lower than what their parents had. Although having children working in these conditions is morally difficult for parents, many families needed them to work in order to make ends meet at home. Although survival was the ultimate goal of families, many paid the deadly price to keep food on the table.
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