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Children Quit School for Jobs In Chicago Study
Illinois Child Labor Committee findings from Chicago show 380 youths under 18 left school in June 1942. Seventy eight percent worked at high wages, while 55 percent had only one year of high school or less, highlighting a gap in citizenship preparation and a loophole in state compulsory attendance laws.
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Beatrice Merkel
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