Lewis Hine

Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1874, Lewis Wickes Hine's early life was marked by hardship, forcing him to work various jobs after his father's accidental death. This personal experience likely fueled his later empathy for the working class. Aspiring to be an educator, Hine studied at the University of Chicago and later at Columbia and New York Universities, eventually becoming an assistant teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. It was here that he began to…