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MP Chapter 10 Documents
1: Rose Cohen Describes Her First Job in New York City, 1892
Young girl, Russian-Jewish immigrant
working in a sweatshop in NYC, 1892
"Look here, girl, if you want to work here you better come in early. No office hours in my shop"
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imagines her mother and siblings coming over to America with the money she makes to keep herself going
2: Susan Lord Currier Comments on the Indians Who Work in Washington's Hop Fields, 1898
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3: Fannie Barrier Williams Describes the "Problem of Employment for Negro Women," 1903
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4: The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds a Maximum-Hours Law for Working Women in Muller v. Oregon, 1908
female worker in Oregon was forced to work over 10hrs/day in a laundry business, took this to court stating that forcing her to do so violated an Oregon law that allowed for a maximum of ten hour workdays for women who worked in mechanical establishments, factories, and laundries
court found that the law was constitutional and did not violate the due process clause of the 14th amendment
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5: The New York Times Reports on the Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 1911
NYT article detailing the tragic fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan, which killed many female workers
factory had no standard for working conditions, doors were locked, many died jumping to escape from windows
6: The Survey Reports on a Protest of Unemployed Women in New York City, 1914
article from Survey, a progressive journal, detailing a protest of unemployed women in NYC
told stories of the effects of unemployment on themselves and their families (hungry children, ragged clothing, cold and suffering, etc.) and of alternatives that were equally as horrifying (suicide, prostitution)
"we want work, not charity"
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as a result of the protest, a permanent conference on unemployment was established