Eight-Hour Day for Women, The.
[Labor]. The Eight-Hour Day For Women. Philadelphia: Women’s Trade Union League, n.d.
Slim 8vo.; off-white wrappers; creased, slightly soiled, else fine.
First edition of a pamphlet published by the Women’s Trade Union League of New York, a local branch of the National Women’s Trade Union League that advocated higher wages, an eight-hour day, and improvements to the work conditions of female industrial workers.
The Eight-Hour Day for Women, advocated equal rights for working women and an improvement in the quality of life for women who had been historically victimized by employers due to an absence of labor laws. Among the issues the WTUL faced was adoption of the eight-hour day for women. In part:
By law 1000 men have an eight-hour day for every one woman. The eight-hour day is established by law on public works for the national, state and municipal governments in the United States, in twenty-nine states, and in the District of Columbia…When the health of women has been injured by long hours, not only is the working efficiency of the community impaired, but the deterioration is handed down to succeeding generations. Infant mortality rises, while the children of married working women, who survive, are injured by inevitable neglect. The overwork of future mothers thus directly attacks the welfare of the nation.
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