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Florence Kelley's Speech Against Child Labor

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Florence Kelley was a social worker and reformer who fought against child labor. In order to recruit people to her cause, Florence delivered a speech to the National American Suffrage Association Convention regarding child labor. In this speech, Florence depicted the atrocities and injustices of child labor to paint a picture of the current situation to the women. Kelley attempts to recruit the women in the convention by engaging them with different emotions like despair, frustration, inspiration, and hope, as well as give several examples of the impact of child labor. Florence begins her speech by illustrating the atrocities of child labor such as poor working conditions, age, and amount of kids working, to show women how unjust child labor
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