Owen Reed Lovejoy, Jr. (September 9, 1866 – June 29, 1961) was a minister who opposed child labor.

[1] He served as the general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee from 1907 to 1926.

[3] He was born on September 9, 1866, in Jamestown, Michigan to Hiram Reed Lovejoy, Sr. and Harriett Helen Robinson.

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.