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The Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy and the Movement to End Child Labor

Child labor is making a comeback in the U.S.  Several states are passing laws to weaken protections for child labor so that younger children may be gainfully employed for hours every day. This is just one more “What century is this, again?” issue; they seem to be becoming more common.

Violations of federal child labor laws are on the rise. Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Labor fined a meatpacking company $1.5 million after the agency found it had employed more than a hundred minors, some as young as 13, to do hazardous work.  “The jobs involved cleaning devices like back saws and head splitters with caustic chemicals that could cause burns. At least three teenagers suffered injuries,” Iowa Public Radio reported.

Who Thinks Child Labor Is a Good Idea?

Instead of responding with stronger protections for children, several states– including Iowa — have either recently passed or are about to pass laws that allow the employment of children as young as 14 . And no, I hadn’t noticed any popular demand for shipp

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Edgar Gardner Murphy

American clergyman and author

Edgar Gardner Murphy (1869–1913) was an American clergyman and author during the Progressive Era in the United States who had a conflicted past, working to improve relations between African Americans and whites while also appeasing white nationalists[1]and wrote about issues faced, as well as working to improve child labor laws and public education.[2][3]

Murphy was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee in 1889, and served as a priest of the Episcopal Church for twelve years. After 1903, he worked exclusively in educational and social work. Murphy served as executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, vice president of the Conference for Education in the South, organizer and secretary of the Southern Society for Consideration of Race Problems and Conditions in the South, and organizer and first secretary of the National Child Labor Committee.[4]

Books

  • Words for the Church (1896)
  • The Larger Life (1896)
  • Problems o
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    Gardner Murphy

    American psychologist

    Gardner Murphy (July 8, 1895 – March 18, 1979) was an American psychologist who specialized in social and personality psychology and parapsychology.[1] His career highlights include serving as president of the American Psychological Association and the British Society for Psychical Research.[2]

    Biography

    Family life and education

    Murphy was born on July 8, 1895, in Chillicothe, Ohio, US. He was the son of Edgar Gardner Murphy, an Episcopal minister and activist.[1] Upon graduating with a BA from Yale University in 1916, Murphy attended Harvard University, working with L. T. Troland in a telepathy experiment, and achieving his MA in 1917. Murphy succeeded Troland as holder of the Hodgson Fellowship in Psychical Research at Harvard University. After the first world war, in 1919, Murphy continued his studies at Columbia University, working towards his PhD, which he was awarded in 1923. During this time he was also working under the Hodgson Fellowship.[3] He later married Lois Barclay

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