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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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Grace Abbott
Age: 60 †
Born: 1878
Born: November 17
Died: 1939
Died: June 19
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Grand Island
Nebraska
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