Protection for Whom
Maximum Hours Laws and Women's Employment in the United States, 1880-1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holly J Mccammon (0000-0003-1462-0860, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-164 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work and Occupations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888496023002002 |
| OpenAlex | W2039353398 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Around the turn of the century, many states enacted laws restricting the hours women could work. Yet little research has been done on the impact of these laws on women's employment. Traditional feminist political theories suggest that these laws disadvantaged women relative to men by reducing employers' willingness to hire women workers. Traditional class theories, focusing on employers' class interests, suggest that these laws were weakly implemented and enforced, allowing employers continued access to low-wage female labor. A third view, a feminist-class view, suggests that the effects of hours laws reflected both employers' class interests and their gendered interests and that ultimately the impact of the laws advantaged women workers. Quantitative analyses show that hours laws in certain circumstances increased women's share of employment but did not affect patterns of occupational sex segregation. The article concludes that both traditional class and feminist-class theories are supported
Disadvantaged · Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wage · Working class · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models
Occupational Segregation by Sex
Understanding the gender gap
Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
Regulating the Lives of Women
Gender at Work
The Struggle to Limit the Hours and Raise the Wages of Working Women in Illinois, 1893-1917
The wage-earning woman and the state”
Women, consumerism, and the national consumers’ league in the progressive era, 1900–1923
Maximum Hours Legislation and Female Employment
The Effect of State Maximum-Hours Laws on the Employment of Women in 1920
Did American Manufacturers Discriminate Against Immigrants Before 1914
Relative earnings of native- and foreign-born women
Corporate Mobilization and Political Power
Political power and social classes
Paradigms and Political Discourse
Occupational Sex Segregation in Metropolitan Areas
The Female Labor Force in the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States
The Gender Basis of American Social Policy
Gender at Work
Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925
Labor Market Participation of Young Married Women
Bringing Gender and Race In
Occupational Gender Desegregation in the 1980s
Occupational Sex Segregation and Women's Early Career Job Shifts
Introduction to the Special Issue on Sex Segregation and Gender Stratification
Sex Segregation in the Workplace
The Politics of Protection
The state, gender, and sexual politics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2007 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |