The first child labor bill banned sale of products from any facility that had children who were under the age of 16 years working during the night or for more then 8 hours a day. Yet two years after it was passed, the supreme court ruled that the act was unconstitutional.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 LAD #23
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 placed limits on the hours that children could work and forbade the interstate sale of goods which are produced by child labor. A census in 1900 revealed that 2 million children were working in unsafe conditions. Social reformers began to condemn child labor and several items were published showing the horrors of it including the novel "Oliver Twist."
The first child labor bill banned sale of products from any facility that had children who were under the age of 16 years working during the night or for more then 8 hours a day. Yet two years after it was passed, the supreme court ruled that the act was unconstitutional.
The first child labor bill banned sale of products from any facility that had children who were under the age of 16 years working during the night or for more then 8 hours a day. Yet two years after it was passed, the supreme court ruled that the act was unconstitutional.
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