Night Work Laws for Women
- Title:
- Night Work Laws for Women
- Alternate Title:
- Night Work Laws for Women
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Women's Bureau - U.S. Department of Labor
- Other Creators:
- U.S. Geological Survey, printer
- Date:
- 1935
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2317.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2317_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Other Moral & Social
Politics & Government - Measurement:
- 55 x 89 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This very large map of “Night Work Laws for Women” was published by the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor in 1935. At this time, those states prohibiting night work for women in more than one occupation (shown in white), and those with more limited prohibitions, were overwhelmed by the states shown in black in which night work for women was entirely unrestricted. The map is more than three feet wide, and holes in the corners suggest it was used as a poster.
The Women’s Bureau was established in 1920, the year in which the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. During the 1920s, the Bureau published a number of studies on working conditions for women, and it played a role in passage of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, which set minimum wages and maximum hours for the first time. For more information on the early maps produced by the Women's Bureau, see Snow 2024.
Persuasive maps focusing on the working conditions of women date to before formation of the Women’s Bureau. See, e.g., ID ##2183.01-.05 (1913), mapping state laws regarding women’s hours in various industries and night work.
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- Image
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