Profile America: Child Labor
On this date in 1836, Massachusetts became the first state to prohibit children under 15 from working in factories.
On this date in 1836, Massachusetts became the first state to prohibit children under 15 from working in factories.
CHILD LABOR Profile America — Children have worked for family enterprises like farms and small shops for countless generations. But child labor in mines and the often-dangerous factories arising from the Industrial Revolution was quickly regarded as a social ill. […]
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