The forty eight hour law, do working women want it?.
In a survey of 500 women employed in various industries in New York, the overwhelming majority of women favored a reduction to a 48 hour work week.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Consumer's League of New York,
[1927?]
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| Series: | Gerritsen collection of women's history ;
no. 581. |
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| Online Access: | HeinOnline Women and the Law (Peggy) Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs |
| Summary: | In a survey of 500 women employed in various industries in New York, the overwhelming majority of women favored a reduction to a 48 hour work week. |
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| Item Description: | "The work embodied in this study has been done in memory of Alice Day Jackson, who as president of the Consumers' League of New York ... gave active support to a 48-hour law for women in New York state.". Lillian Symes, investigator. On cover: Report from 500 women in New York state on a proposed law limiting the hours of work in factories and mercantile establishments, investigation conducted by the Consumers' League of New York, 1926-1927. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (36 pages, 1 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |