Wisconsin passes the nation's first worker's compensation law, 1911.
Looking back 25 years, state points to a 'great glory' that grew from a bitter battle
Wisconsin was the first state to pass a worker's compensation law, which was signed May 3, 1911, by progressive Governor Francis E. McGovern. In this article, one of the state bureaucrats charged with developing and enforcing it reviews how it was conceived, passed, and enforced in its first quarter century.
Wilcox, Fred M. "Looking Back 25 years, State Points to a 'Great Glory' That Grew from a Bitter Battle." Wisconsin State Journal, May 3, 1936.
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Looking back 25 years, state points to a 'great glory' that grew from a bitter battle
