The New Industrial Worker As a 15-year-old girl growing up in America, I had the typical teenager’s life. I went to school every day, was involved in extra curricular activities, and on the weekends worked part time at a video rental store. My mother stayed at home and took care of my brother and me when we were little, and continued to be a house mom long after we were old enough to be …showed first 75 words of 1164 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1164 total…laws, health inspections, and many other provisions to the work force have made today’s America a safer more profitable place to live and work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography “Florence Kelley’s Testimony in the Sweating system,” Report and Findings of the Joint Committee to Investigate “Sweat shop” System (Springfield, Illinois: HW Rokker, 1983), PP 135-39. Polacheck, Hilda Satt. I came a Stranger. University of Illinois Press: Chicago, 1989. Kleeck, Mary Van. Charity and Commons. 1906-1907. [Internet source].