Owen Reed Lovejoy
{{Infobox person | name = Owen Reed Lovejoy | image =File:Owen Reed Lovejoy in 1917.jpg | caption = Lovejoy in 1917 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|9|9}} | birth_place =Jamestown, Michigan | death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|6|29|1866|9|9}} | death_place =Biglerville, Pennsylvania | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = | education =Albion College | occupation =Minister | spouse =Jennie Evelyn Campbell | partner = | children = | parents =Hiram Reed Lovejoy, Sr.
Harriett Helen Robinson | relatives = }}
Owen Reed Lovejoy, Jr. (September 9, 1866 – June 29, 1961) was a minister who opposed child labor. He was known as the "children's statesman". He served as the general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee from 1907 to 1926.{{cite book |title=A year's work of the National Child Labor Committee |year=1920 |publisher=National Child Labor Committee | url=http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/3654131?n=3&printThumbnails=no }}
Biography
He was born on September 9, 1866, in Jamestown, Michigan to Hiram Reed Lovejoy, Sr. and Harriett Helen Robinson. He attended Albion College. On June 30, 1892, he married Jennie Evelyn Campbell and they had five children, but only two of his sons survived to adulthood. In 1904 he joined the National Child Labor Committee and served until 1926. He then went to work for the Children's Aid Society. His wife died in 1929. In 1937 he married Kate Calkins Drake. He retired in 1939 and moved to Biglerville, Pennsylvania.
He died on June 29, 1961, in Biglerville, Pennsylvania.{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia =Michigan Biographical Dictionary |title= Owen Reed Lovejoy |year=2008 |page=86 |isbn= 9781878592958 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWR5HJJktL8C&pg=RA1-PA86 |last1= Hannan |first1= Caryn }}{{cite news |title=Owen R. Lovejoy, Crusader, 94, Dies. Former Minister Was Long a Foe of Child Labor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/30/archives/owen-r-lovejoy-crusader-94-dies-former-minister-was-long-a-foe-of.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 30, 1961 |access-date=2015-04-24 }}
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