The Face of Child Labor Reform. Addie Card became a powerful symbol in child labor reform after being photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in 1910. At the time, the "anemic little spinner" was photographed toiling at the North Pownal Cotton Mill in North Pownal, Vermont. The photograph's accompanying note stated: "Addie Card, 12 years old. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill, Vt. Girls in the mill said she was ten years old. She admitted to me she was twelve, that she started during school vacation and would "stay." The glass plate negative was donated to the Library of Congress in 1954 by the National Child Labor Committee along with 5100 photos and 355 negatives taken by Photographer Hine. The image was featured on a United States postage stamp in 1998. Addie Card's photo was the inspiration for the novel, "Counting on Grace" by Elizabeth Winthrop. The daughter of Emmett Card and Susan Harris, Addie Card had an older sister, Anna, who was also a child laborer at the North Pownal Cotton Mill. Addie Card was married twice, to Edward Hatch and Ernest Lavigne. Adeline M. Lavigne passed away in Cohoes, New York in July 1993 at ninety-five years old. She is buried in Saint Agnes Cemetery in Cohoes, New York. It is unlikely that she ever knew of the significance of the famous photograph taken of her in 1910. Addie Card is forever the face of child labor reform.
The Face of Child Labor Reform. Addie Card became a powerful symbol in child labor reform after being photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in 1910. At the time, the "anemic little spinner" was photographed toiling at the North Pownal Cotton Mill in North Pownal, Vermont. The photograph's accompanying note stated: "Addie Card, 12 years old. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill, Vt. Girls in the mill said she was ten years old. She admitted to me she was twelve, that she started during school vacation and would "stay." The glass plate negative was donated to the Library of Congress in 1954 by the National Child Labor Committee along with 5100 photos and 355 negatives taken by Photographer Hine. The image was featured on a United States postage stamp in 1998. Addie Card's photo was the inspiration for the novel, "Counting on Grace" by Elizabeth Winthrop. The daughter of Emmett Card and Susan Harris, Addie Card had an older sister, Anna, who was also a child laborer at the North Pownal Cotton Mill. Addie Card was married twice, to Edward Hatch and Ernest Lavigne. Adeline M. Lavigne passed away in Cohoes, New York in July 1993 at ninety-five years old. She is buried in Saint Agnes Cemetery in Cohoes, New York. It is unlikely that she ever knew of the significance of the famous photograph taken of her in 1910. Addie Card is forever the face of child labor reform.
Bio by: Frank J. Leskovitz
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Addie Card's flat granite grave marker reads:
Adeline Lavigne
'Gramma Pat'
1898-1993
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