Cover: Muller v. Oregon, 1st Edition by Nancy Woloch

Muller v. Oregon

First Edition  ©1996 Nancy Woloch Formats: E-book, Print

Authors

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    Nancy Woloch

    Nancy Woloch is the author of Women and the American Experience (Fifth Edition, 2011); the editor of Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600-1900 (Second Edition 2002); and coauthor of The American Century: A History of the United States since the 1890s (Sixth Edition, 2008) and The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (Seventh Edition, 2011). She teaches history and American studies at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

  Foreword
  Preface
    
PART I. "ENTERING WEDGE": MULLER V. OREGON AND ITS LEGACY
    
  Introduction
    
  1. The Rise of Protective Laws
    The Campaign for Protection
    Constitutional Issues
    Hours Laws and the Courts
    The Bakeshop Case, 1950
    
  2. "The Facts of Common Knowledge," 1908
    Florence Kelley, the NCL, and the "Right to Leisure"
    Louis D. Brandeis and the "Living Law"
    The Brandeis Brief
    The Brief for Muller
    Justice Brewers Opinion
    
  3. From Muller to Adkins, 1908–1923
    The New Brandeis Briefs
    Fatigue and Efficiency
    Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
    "A Living Wage"
    "The Heart of the Contact," 1923
    
  4. Legacy: Labor Law, Womens Politics, and Protective Policies
    The Womens Movement in the 1920s
    Protection Triumphant: The New Deal and After
    Protection Dismantled: Title VII and After
    Muller Revisited
    
PART II. THE DOCUMENTS
    
    1. Ritchie v. People (1895)
    2. Holden v. Hardy (1898)
    3. Lochner v. New York (1905)
    4. Florence Kelley, "The Right to Leisure," 1905
    5. Louis D. Brandeis, "The Opportunity in the Law," 1905
    6. "The Dangers of Long Hours," From the Brandeis Brief, 1908
    7. "Women Are Both Persons and Citizens," The Brief for Curt Muller, 1907
    8. Muller v. Oregon (1908)
    9. Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
    10. Caroline J. Gleason, A Living Wage in Oregon, 1913
    11. Adkins v. Childrens Hospital (1923)
    12. The Womens Movement in the Early 1920s
       a. A Debate in Life and Labor, Marguerite Mooers Marshall versus Rose Schneiderman, 1920
       b. Florence Kelley, Twenty Questions about the ERA, 1922
       c. A Debate in the Nation, Harriet Stanton Blatch versus Clara Mortenson Beyer, 1923
       d. A Debate in the Forum, Doris Stevens versus Alice Hamilton, 1924
    13. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
    14. United States v. Darby (1941)
    
APPENDICES
    
  Chronology: Major Hours and Wages Cases, 1895–1941
  In Search of Muller: Suggested Reading
    
  Index

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Authors

  • Headshot of Nancy Woloch

    Nancy Woloch

    Nancy Woloch is the author of Women and the American Experience (Fifth Edition, 2011); the editor of Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600-1900 (Second Edition 2002); and coauthor of The American Century: A History of the United States since the 1890s (Sixth Edition, 2008) and The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (Seventh Edition, 2011). She teaches history and American studies at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

  Foreword
  Preface
    
PART I. "ENTERING WEDGE": MULLER V. OREGON AND ITS LEGACY
    
  Introduction
    
  1. The Rise of Protective Laws
    The Campaign for Protection
    Constitutional Issues
    Hours Laws and the Courts
    The Bakeshop Case, 1950
    
  2. "The Facts of Common Knowledge," 1908
    Florence Kelley, the NCL, and the "Right to Leisure"
    Louis D. Brandeis and the "Living Law"
    The Brandeis Brief
    The Brief for Muller
    Justice Brewers Opinion
    
  3. From Muller to Adkins, 1908–1923
    The New Brandeis Briefs
    Fatigue and Efficiency
    Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
    "A Living Wage"
    "The Heart of the Contact," 1923
    
  4. Legacy: Labor Law, Womens Politics, and Protective Policies
    The Womens Movement in the 1920s
    Protection Triumphant: The New Deal and After
    Protection Dismantled: Title VII and After
    Muller Revisited
    
PART II. THE DOCUMENTS
    
    1. Ritchie v. People (1895)
    2. Holden v. Hardy (1898)
    3. Lochner v. New York (1905)
    4. Florence Kelley, "The Right to Leisure," 1905
    5. Louis D. Brandeis, "The Opportunity in the Law," 1905
    6. "The Dangers of Long Hours," From the Brandeis Brief, 1908
    7. "Women Are Both Persons and Citizens," The Brief for Curt Muller, 1907
    8. Muller v. Oregon (1908)
    9. Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
    10. Caroline J. Gleason, A Living Wage in Oregon, 1913
    11. Adkins v. Childrens Hospital (1923)
    12. The Womens Movement in the Early 1920s
       a. A Debate in Life and Labor, Marguerite Mooers Marshall versus Rose Schneiderman, 1920
       b. Florence Kelley, Twenty Questions about the ERA, 1922
       c. A Debate in the Nation, Harriet Stanton Blatch versus Clara Mortenson Beyer, 1923
       d. A Debate in the Forum, Doris Stevens versus Alice Hamilton, 1924
    13. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
    14. United States v. Darby (1941)
    
APPENDICES
    
  Chronology: Major Hours and Wages Cases, 1895–1941
  In Search of Muller: Suggested Reading
    
  Index

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In 1908 the Supreme Court unanimously upheld an Oregon law that set a ten-hour limit on the workdays of women in factories and laundries. Using lawyers briefs, arguments over single-sex protective laws, and other major court decisions, Nancy Woloch examines a moment in which constitutional history, womens history, and progressive politics converged.

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