HIS 315L Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Living Wage
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Maximum hour law for women who are not the equal of men. Hammer v dagenhart 1918, keating-owen anti-child labor act, unconstitutional. No one has the authority to abolish child labor b/c this limits the child"s freedom. Adkins v children"s hospital 1923, no minimum wage laws. 5-3 decision that minimum wage law = violation of freedom of contract. Ny legislature makes a workplace safety commission. Initiative: people have the right to propose a new law. Referendum: a law passed by the legislature can be reference to the people for approval/veto. Recall: the people can petition and vote to have an elected official removed from office. These all made elected officials more responsible and sensitive to the needs of the people, and part of the movement to make government more efficient and scientific. State legislatures elect senators that represent the state. Temperance after the civil war women christian temperance union.
