1 of 6

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

1920 Children

Published on Nov 24, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CHILDREN'S SUFFRAGE

In the 1920's

POOR DIET

  • Malnutrition
  • Rickets: caused by vitamin D deficiency.
  • Causes softening and distortion of the bones.
  • Diseases
  • Sometimes death

MAKING MONEY

  • Children and teens worked in sweatshops
  • Needed money for their families
  • Most children worked in factories

ESCAPING

  • Children often got on trains to get to different places
  • Often arrested for hitchhiking
  • Usually ended up in jail

By 1933, 2,600 schools had closed.
300,000 students were out of school.

THE END