Why were women and children forced to work in the late 1800s? Education was very poor at the turn of the century. Their additional income was necessary for family survival. Parents were often heartless toward their children.

At the time of the brown v. board of education decision,schools were segregated everywhere in the country.several states had laws requiring segregated schools.schools in nearly every state has been desegregated.segregation was common in the north, but not in the south.