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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by Aerroon on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:28PM (#37105446)
Was child labor ever actually 'killed off'? As I understand it, its use declined before legislation hit, but even legislation never completely got rid of it. It just rebranded as "helping my family on a farm" or "helping my family shop" or "summer jobs" or similar.

Eg this graph: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/incidence-of-child-labor-...

The 1920s is when education was made compulsory in the south and on the federal level it took until 1938 (which still excluded agriculture).

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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by ImPostingOnHN on Sunday August 13, 2023 @11:45PM (#37117243)
was coal mining ever actually "killed off"?

as far as I can tell, it, too, still exists

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