All Posts Tagged With: "Brandeis Brief"
Doc of the Day: Muller v. Oregon
On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Muller v. Oregon, upholding an Oregon law that regulated the employment of women. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, political progressives pursued economic and political reforms. Many pushed hard to improve working conditions for men, women, and children laboring in shops and factories. [...]
24Feb2009 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Jonathan Rees on the Brandeis Brief from Muller v. Oregon
On February 24, 1908, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of Muller v. Oregon. That case had begun three years earlier when a supervisor at the Grand Laundry in Portland, Oregon, forced a laundress and labor activist named Emma Gotcher to work overtime. That requirement violated Oregon’s ten-hour [...]
22Feb2009 | mdblogger | 2 comments | Continued