John Spargo wrote "The Bitter Cry of the Children" to expose the harsh working conditions faced by child laborers in the United States during the early 20th century. He aimed to raise awareness about the exploitation and abuse of children in factories and mines, advocating for social and legislative reforms to protect their rights.
A major book he wrote was The Bitter Cry of the Children.
he was an author of the book the bitter cry of the children
Few child laborers had ever attended school.
He wrote an expose entitled, The Bitter Cry of Children.
John Spargo called for Americans to take action to improve the conditions of child laborers after they read his book "The Bitter Cry of the Children." He urged readers to support legislative changes and reform efforts to protect children from exploitation in the workforce.
John Spargo died in 1966.
Chris Spargo's birth name is Christopher John Spargo.
There would be a number of factors that played into his choice.As a young man of 19, he was a stone cutter in Barry Docks, Wales, where he saw the children working in the mines. He married his second wife, Amelia, in 1905. She had lived since childhood in America and had been recently employed in a carpet mill. As a co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, he would also have known Robert Hunter, the author of Poverty. This book was widely criticized as having exaggerated the number of poor in New York. Hunter had been affected by the poverty in the 1890's depression.Spargo meticulously researched the level of poverty and wrote The Bitter Cry of the Children to defend Hunter's work.
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In 1917, John Spargo published The Bitter Cry of the Children, detailing the working hardships both women and children experienced. Many women and children worked for poor pay in unsanitary conditions. The Progressive Era (c1900-1920) sought to remedy these social and economic dysfunctions caused by the industrial revolution and capitalism run amok. Most muckrakers (those who bestirred concern about social and economic issues) did not agree with progressive era politics because the power lay in the hands of the same capitalists that threatened humanity. John Spargo, not initially a muckraker, became one to create humane child labor laws. He wanted to breach the runaway capitalism and the industrial revolution dysfunctions.
he felt like writing stuff so he became a journalist...
They were muckrakers who dramatized the need for reform