1st Edition

Social Feminism, Labor Politics, and the Law Women, the Law, and the Workplace

Edited By Sybil Lipschultz Copyright 2003
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Equal rights for women in the workplace is a critical aspect of the twentieth century civil rights movement, as well as an issue of academic and public interest. Bringing together legal rulings and commentary, this three-volume collection documents the development of legal protections for women in the workplace. The comprehensive coverage encompasses the major legal and constitutional issues,... Read more
III: The New Strain in Industry; IV: Some Specific Studies of Physical Overstrain in Industry; 3: The Distinctions of Sex; Muller, Plaintiffinerror, V. The State of Oregon.; Bunting V.State of Oregon.; The Right to Leisure; Notes; Women Who Work and Women Who Spend; Hours and Wages:; Chapter 4: The Lady and the Tramp: Gender, Race, and the Origins of the American Welfare State; Muller V. Oregon Reconsidered: The Origins of a Sex-Based Doctrine of Liberty of Contract; Protection Of Women Workers and the Courts: A Legal Case History; Welfare, Reform and World War I *; The National Consumers' League and the Brandeis Brief *

Biography

Sybil Lipschultz