Heavy burdens on small shoulders
Frontier and pioneer life, canada
Vie à la ferme
Conditions rurales
Rural families
Vie des pionniers
Child labor
Pioneers
Rural conditions
Travail
Farm life
Employment
Enfants
Frontier and pioneer life
Conditions sociales
Social conditions
History
"The phrase "child labour" carries negative undertones in today's society. However, only a century ago on the Canadian Prairies, youngsters laboured alongside their parents - working the land, cleaning stovepipes, and chopping wood. By shouldering their share of the chores, these children learned th…
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