St. John's Catholic Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Martinsburg, West Virginia

( Marker is on West South Street, 0.1 miles west of South Queen Street, on the right when traveling west.)

North side of South Street. 1802.

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.