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LABOR REFORMS gggff

 

In 1932 UCLA political scientist Barbara Nachtrieb Armstong published one of the semial works on the American welfare state. Her book, Insuring the Essentials, was destined to become a key foundational document in the field.

We are reproducing here a table from that book, showing the dates that various States adopted workers' compensation laws and the approximate number of workers covered under each of those laws.

 

 Armstrong table