This Act, limiting the work of women and young persons (aged 13--18) in textile mills to ten hours a day for five days in the week and eight hours on Saturday, was the result of a sustained campaign from the 1830s managed in Parliament by Lord Ashley (Shaftesbury) and John Fielden and in the factory districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire by Richard Oastler and the short-time committees of working men. Although adult hours were not reduced until the system of working children in relays was suppressed in 1853, the Act was a triumph of welfare legislation over laissez-faire doctrine.
women and children
women and children
The Ten Hours act of 1847 limited women and children ages 13 - 18 to working 10 hours a day and 60 hours per week (later reduced to 58 hours a week) in the textile industries (except for the lace and silk industries.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the work day at ten hours for federal projects through the passage of the Walsh-Healey Act in 1936. This act established minimum wage and maximum hour requirements for federal contractors, including a ten-hour work day.
Ten Hours Act (1847). This Act, limiting the work of women and young persons (aged 13-18)
Ten Hours Act (1847). This Act, limiting the work of women and young persons (aged 13-18)
What is 10% of 24 hours in a day? Ten percent is ten per every hundred, that is ten percent is Thus ten percent of 24 hours is 0.10 \times 24 = 2.4 hours. This is probably not the way you would normally say it. You would probably say 2 hours and so many minutes.
no person under 18 could work
5/12ths
It is thought they worked for about ten hours per day.
10/24 = 5/12ths
yes