Charlotte Gilman

Charlotte Gilman was a muckraker during the Progressive Era. She attacked child labor in her poem, Child Labor, published in 1915:

No fledging feeds the father bird!

No chicken feeds the Hen!

No kitten mouses for the cat--

This glory is for men:

We are the Wisest, Strongest Race--

Loud may our praise be sung!

The only animal alive

That lives upon its young!