A Class by Herself : : Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890s-1990s / / Nancy Woloch.
A Class by Herself explores the historical role and influence of protective legislation for American women workers, both as a step toward modern labor standards and as a barrier to equal rights. Spanning the twentieth century, the book tracks the rise and fall of women-only state protective laws-suc...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Society in Modern America ;
113 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Roots of Protection: The National Consumers' League and Progressive Reform
- 2. Gender, Protection, and the Courts, 1895-1907
- 3. A Class by Herself: Muller v. Oregon (1908)
- 4. Protection in Ascent, 1908-23
- 5. Different versus Equal: The 1920s
- 6. Transformations: The New Deal through the 1950s
- 7. Trading Places: The 1960s and 1970s
- 8. Last Lap: Work and Pregnancy
- Conclusion: Protection Revisited
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index