New Factory Act Revises Child Hours
The 1844 Factory Act revised the hours and conditions under which younger children could work in textile factories.
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James Graham Biography and Timeline
Follow James Graham through 8 dated historical records for Great Britain.
James Graham, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1844
Women Receive Twelve Hour Limit
The 1844 Factory Act imposed a twelve hour working day limit on women employed in covered textile factories.
Factory Machinery Safety Requirements Expanded
The 1844 legislation addressed dangerous machinery and strengthened requirements intended to reduce workplace injuries.
Factory Act Requires Dangerous Machinery Fencing
Home Secretary James Graham was associated with the 1844 Factories Act which strengthened safeguards around hazardous machinery.
Women Receive Twelve Hour Protection
The 1844 Factories Act applied a twelve hour daily limit to women employed in covered textile factories.
Moving Machinery Cleaning Is Restricted
The 1844 Factories Act prohibited children and young people from cleaning dangerous mill machinery while it was moving.
Graham Introduces Revised Factory Regulation
Home Secretary James Graham brought forward factory legislation amid vigorous debate over limiting the working day.
2021
Best of Enemies London Premiere
James Graham’s Best of Enemies premiered at the Young Vic in 2021, dramatizing the televised clashes between William F Buckley and Gore Vidal.
Records, sources and methodology
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