Texas Child Labor Laws Texas history depicts the Spanish influence over the centuries.  With its wide-open spaces, Texas has long been a center for ranching, farming, and the oil industry.  Children played a significant role in ranching and farming with the start of regulation of their work coming around the beginning of the 1900’s. [tcb-script async=””

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Tennessee Child Labor Laws As one of the Southern States, Tennessee has long been a center for the cotton and cottonseed industry.  Children played a major role in working in the cotton mills, often at very young ages.  Child labor laws in Tennessee began to regulate the ages and hours of these children workers and to

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South Dakota Child Labor Laws The early history of South Dakota shows most of the land being used for farms, primarily owned by families with children of those families being the primary workers.  The arrival of the railroads led to agriculture becoming a major industry.  Early child labor laws in South Dakota made provisions for the

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Washington Child Labor Laws The history of Washington shows its main industry to be forestry.  The Minute Women of Washington played an important role in the 1800’s by addressing child welfare issues.  Part of their work involved implementation of the Federal Child Labor Law in 1917. Child Labor Laws in Washington For Minors Under 14​Washington Child Labor

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District of Columbia Child Labor Laws As our nation’s Capital, the reporting of political news has been big business for many years.  Around 1900, boys as young as five could frequently be seen selling newspapers on street corners from early morning until all of their papers were sold.  In 1928, the District of Columbia Child Labor

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Puerto Rico Child Labor Laws Puerto Rico became a territory of the U.S. following the Spanish-American War in 1898.  Child labor law began after the inhabitants of Puerto Rico were granted citizenship in 1917 with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 providing the basis of child labor regulations. Child Labor Laws in Puerto Rico For Minors

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