During the Progressive era, a series of reforms were made to fix some problems that came with industrialization. One of those problems were women and child labor.
Child and female labor reforms were created during the progressive era to provide safer conditions for women and children to work. They were set a limit of hours day and week of labor.
Also, education became more important during the Progressive era, even though children were still hired for work they also went to school more.
A series of laws were passed in Oregon, Illinois, Virginia, Michigan, Louisiana, and other states prohibited women of working more than 10 hours a day.
John Locke was an English political philosopher in the 17th century. He published many great works, such as:
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: In this work, Locke states that individuals do not come to this world with innate ideas or beliefs, but as a blank sheet.
- Two Treatises of Government: Since Locke feared reprisal, this work was published anonymously. In this work, he confronted the King's absolute power by stating that domination, slavery and absolute monarchy are not justifiable. This work of his also supports the right to revolution.
- Some Thoughts Concerning Education. This work can be considered one of his most influential works where he gives advices on how to educate and raise children. He believes children are just as capable as adults and should be treated as such.
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