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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

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
November 17, 1878
Date of Death:
June 19, 1939
Nationality:
American
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