The Resource A class by herself: : protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s, Nancy Woloch
A class by herself: : protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s, Nancy Woloch
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- Summary
- "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--such as maximum hour laws, minimum wage laws, and night work laws--from their roots in progressive reform through the passage of New Deal labor law to the feminist attack on single-sex protective laws in the 1960s and 1970s. Nancy Woloch considers the network of institutions that promoted women-only protective laws, such as the National Consumers' League and the federal Women's Bureau; the global context in which the laws arose; the challenges that proponents faced; the rationales they espoused; the opposition that evolved; the impact of protective laws in ever-changing circumstances; and their dismantling in the wake of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Above all, Woloch examines the constitutional conversation that the laws provoked--the debates that arose in the courts and in the women's movement. Protective laws set precedents that led to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and to current labor law; they also sustained a tradition of gendered law that abridged citizenship and impeded equality for much of the century. Drawing on decades of scholarship, institutional and legal records, and personal accounts, A Class by Herself sets forth a new narrative about the tensions inherent in women-only protective labor laws and their consequences. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 337 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- Roots of protection: the National Consumers' League and progressive reform
- Gender, protection, and the courts, 1895-1907
- A class by herself : Muller v. Oregon (1908)
- Protection in ascent, 1908-23
- Different versus equal : the 1920s
- Transformations : the new deal through the 1950s
- Trading places : the 1960s and 1970s
- Last lap : work and pregnancy
- Conclusion: protection revisited
- Isbn
- 9780691002590
- Label
- A class by herself: : protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s
- Title
- A class by herself:
- Title remainder
- protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s
- Statement of responsibility
- Nancy Woloch
- Subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- LAW / Gender & the Law
- History
- Women -- Employment | Law and legislation
- Women -- Employment | Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- LAW / Legal History
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation
- 1900 - 1999
- LAW / Labor & Employment
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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--such as maximum hour laws, minimum wage laws, and night work laws--from their roots in progressive reform through the passage of New Deal labor law to the feminist attack on single-sex protective laws in the 1960s and 1970s. Nancy Woloch considers the network of institutions that promoted women-only protective laws, such as the National Consumers' League and the federal Women's Bureau; the global context in which the laws arose; the challenges that proponents faced; the rationales they espoused; the opposition that evolved; the impact of protective laws in ever-changing circumstances; and their dismantling in the wake of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Above all, Woloch examines the constitutional conversation that the laws provoked--the debates that arose in the courts and in the women's movement. Protective laws set precedents that led to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and to current labor law; they also sustained a tradition of gendered law that abridged citizenship and impeded equality for much of the century. Drawing on decades of scholarship, institutional and legal records, and personal accounts, A Class by Herself sets forth a new narrative about the tensions inherent in women-only protective labor laws and their consequences. "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woloch, Nancy
- Dewey number
- 344.7301/4133
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF3555
- LC item number
- .W65 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Sex discrimination in employment
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- LAW / Gender & the Law
- LAW / Labor & Employment
- LAW / Legal History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Women
- United States
- Label
- A class by herself: : protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s, Nancy Woloch
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Roots of protection: the National Consumers' League and progressive reform -- Gender, protection, and the courts, 1895-1907 -- A class by herself : Muller v. Oregon (1908) -- Protection in ascent, 1908-23 -- Different versus equal : the 1920s -- Transformations : the new deal through the 1950s -- Trading places : the 1960s and 1970s -- Last lap : work and pregnancy -- Conclusion: protection revisited
- Control code
- ocn894670518
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691002590
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014032483
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780691002590
- (OCoLC)894670518
- Label
- A class by herself: : protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s, Nancy Woloch
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Roots of protection: the National Consumers' League and progressive reform -- Gender, protection, and the courts, 1895-1907 -- A class by herself : Muller v. Oregon (1908) -- Protection in ascent, 1908-23 -- Different versus equal : the 1920s -- Transformations : the new deal through the 1950s -- Trading places : the 1960s and 1970s -- Last lap : work and pregnancy -- Conclusion: protection revisited
- Control code
- ocn894670518
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691002590
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014032483
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780691002590
- (OCoLC)894670518
Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- History
- LAW / Gender & the Law
- LAW / Labor & Employment
- LAW / Legal History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation
- Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- Women -- Employment | Law and legislation
- Women -- Employment | Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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