Child Workers at an Avondale Mill

Child workers at an Avondale mill in Birmingham, Jefferson County, ca. 1910. Ending child labor in Alabama was a goal of Progressives, such as Episcopal priest Edgar Gardner Murphy and Pattie Ruffner Jacobs.

Three child workers at Avondale Mills, none willing to admit to being under twelve years old
Courtesy of the Library of Congress; photograph by Lews Hick Hines.
Three child workers at Avondale Mills, none willing to admit to being under twelve years old