The Robert Owen had raised the demand for ten-hour day in year 1810, and instituted it in his New Lanark cotton mills. By 1817 he had formulated the goal of the 8-hour day and coined slogan 8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours full rest.
Women and children in the England were granted the ten-hour day in 1847. The 8-hour day movement forms part of the early history for the celebration of the Labour Day, and the May Day in many nations and cultures.