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Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.

Grace Abbott

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

Grace Abbott

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Born: November 17, 1878

Died: June 19, 1939 (aged 60)

Bio: Grace Abbott was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants, especially those from eastern Europe, and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor.

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The immigrant and the community (1917)
The Grace Abbott Reader

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