Don Redman

Historical marker location:

Piedmont, West Virginia

( Marker is on Ashfield Street (West Virginia Route 46) just south of Front Street in Westernport, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.