The Short Life and Career of Lucille Ricksen
Now that certain GOP politicians are rabid to relax the child labor laws, this might be a suitable time to recount the tale of Lucille Ricksen (Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth Ericksen, 1910-1925). Born to Danish immigrant parents in Chicago, Ricksen was put to work in infancy as a child model. As usually happens in such cases, […]