Progressive Era If YOU were there...

You have been working in a hat factory since 1900, when you were eight years old. Now you are experienced enough to run one of the sewing machines . You don't earn as much as older workers, but your family needs every penny you bring home . Still, the long hours make you very tired . One day you hear that people are trying to stop children from doing factory work. They think that children should be at school or playing.

Would you be for or against this social reform? Why?