Work: General

Josephine Goldmark was an influential supporter of women's protective legislation, as well as for women's rights, child labor laws and better nursing education.

Florence Kelley was a social worker, lawyer, social reform advocate, and head of the National Consumers League. This biography highlights the important facts about her life and work.

When is a job requirement a BFOQ, or bona fide occupational qualification? Read the definition of BFOQ and how it relates to workplace equality and employment law.

An 1898 speech by Harriot Stanton Blatch on the economic life of women: unpaid and paid work.

From the Illinois Labor History Society, a booklist of good sources on this topic. A good beginning for middle school or high school research.

Clara Collet was a 19th and 20th century London woman who helped document labor conditions in London.

Images of working women in the Hawaiian Islands. Many graphics, even sound clips. Great use of the internet for sharing information!

Several collections on women and work, drawn from the library collections of the Harvard Business School. Includes manual labor (pre- and non-industrial as well as factory work), professional work, finance and investment, law, and general material on women's lives.

Travelers to America in 1820-1842 describe women's occupations, providing insight into the status and roles of women.

An 1842 Parliamentary Paper describing women's work in the coal mines of Yorkshire. Includes testimony of two women miners.

US Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, with basic statistics on working women.