Historical Marker
Robert Carter Willis
Historical marker location:
110 South Washington Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is on South Washington Street (U.S. 522) south of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Lot #37.
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.