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Let Children Be Children: Lewis Wickes Hines's Crusade Against Child Labor
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Daily from 12 noon to 4:30pm
Admission: FREE
Location: The Sordoni Art Gallery at the Stark Learning Center
Wilkes University
150 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
The Sordoni Art Gallery opens the exhibition, LET CHILDREN BE CHILDREN: LEWIS WICKES HINE’S CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR, An exhibition organized by George Eastman House, on Monday, January 16, with a presentation by Professor Robert Wolensky entitled, “The Anthracite Mining Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania During the Lewis Hine Years” on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. in Stark Learning Center room 166 on the campus of Wilkes University. This exhibition and presentation by Professor Robert Wolensky is a part of Mining History week activities. The exhibition will be on view through March 11, 2012.
Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874–1940) was a sociologist whose photographs captured his abiding concern for children, immigrants, and working-class people. He was hired by the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) in 1906 to document the harsh conditions in which children worked. Hine spent 10 years photographing in the canneries, coal mines, cotton mills, farms, and sweatshops common during the early 20th century. Through the use of photography, Hine and the NCLC endeavored to gain the attention of the government and arouse public sentiment against child labor practices in the United States. A telling look at the industrialization of America, this exhibition reveals the circumstances that poor working children endured until legislation against child labor prevailed as late as 1938.
Professor Robert Wolensky, who will be presenting, “The Anthracite Mining Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania During the Lewis Hine Years” is a Professor of Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Adjunct Professor of History and Sociology at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA. He has written several books on Northeastern Pennsylvania history, including the forthcoming (Spring 2012) volume, Anthracite Labor Wars. Co-authored with William A. Hastie of West Pittston, the book examines labor conflict at the Pennsylvania Coal Company’s mines in the Pittston-Old Forge-Dunmore areas between 1903 and 1935. He is also a board member of the Anthracite Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Anthracite Living History Group, the Huber Breaker Preservation Society, the Luzerne County Historical Society, and the Lackawanna Historical Society. Light refreshments will be served outside the Sordoni Art Gallery following the presentation.
Destination: Sordoni Art Gallery
More Information: Call:570-408-4325 or Visit: http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1531.asp
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