America Aguilas Cap
date: label: date made
content: ca 2010
notes: label: Description
content: In agriculture, girls still work long hours around dangerous chemicals and are unprotected by child labor laws. These are not small family farms—this is agribusiness.
label: Description
content: Federal laws passed in 1938 helped protect children under 16. But agriculture was exempt from this legislation, allowing children to continue working in fields across America.
label: Description
content: Monica Camacho wore protective clothing to shield her from chemicals used in the field.
label: Description
content: "It was just super hot because we had to wear . . . protective clothes like sweaters so the chemicals or the sun doesn't hit you." —Monica Camacho, 2018
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: California, Santa Maria
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Monica Camacho Ramirez
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0256.2
label: accession number
content: 2018.0256
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0256.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool, acrylic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 18 cm x 23 cm; 5 29/32 in x 7 3/32 in x 9 1/16 in