Windham Co. Faces Child Labor Violation

Title

Windham Co. Faces Child Labor Violation

Description

The Windham Company is cited on child labor violations, though the charges were dropped. This encourages the planning and construction of the Willimantic Normal School, forerunner to Eastern Connecticut State University.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 12.

Date

1887

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Windham Co. Faces Child Labor Violation,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/803.