Women in Industry
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"Women in Industry" is a pioneering early 20th-century social reform study by Edith Abbott that analyzes the conditions, challenges, and labor rights of women workers in industrial employment.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Women in Industry canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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social reform study ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve labor standards for women
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inform public policy on women’s labor ⓘ support labor legislation ⓘ |
| analyzes |
challenges faced by women in industrial work
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discrimination in employment ⓘ exploitation of women workers ⓘ impact of industrialization on women ⓘ occupational segregation by gender ⓘ relation between women’s work and family life ⓘ |
| author | Edith Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
early 20th-century women workers
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economic independence of women ⓘ factory employment ⓘ health and safety of women workers ⓘ hours of labor ⓘ legal protection for women workers ⓘ protective labor legislation ⓘ trade unionism among women ⓘ wage-earning women ⓘ wages ⓘ working conditions ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist history
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labor history ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
progressive era reform
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social reform ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
industrial employment
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labor conditions ⓘ labor rights ⓘ social reform ⓘ women workers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early analysis of women’s labor rights
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influence on social reform debates ⓘ pioneering study of women’s industrial labor ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
hours-of-work regulation
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industrial sociology ⓘ minimum wage campaigns ⓘ protective labor laws ⓘ women’s labor movement ⓘ women’s rights movement ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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