Important Legislation in the United States Affecting Women and Children WHITE SPACES INDICATE GOOD LEGISLATION, Circle Industrial Welfare Commis sion to regulate hours, wages 2 Child Labor-14 year limit. Circle 3 Compulsory education-State wide 4 Eight or nine hour day for women 5 Minimum wage 8 Age of consent, 18 years 9 Red light abatement Note: Neither Illinois nor any of the Victory States of 1917 |