Work: General
Josephine Goldmark
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
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.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
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.
Woman as an Economic Factor - Harriot Stanton Blatch - 1898
An 1898 speech by Harriot Stanton Blatch on the economic life of women: unpaid and paid work.
Clara Collet Net
Clara Collet was a 19th and 20th century London woman who helped document labor conditions in London.
Women, Enterprise and Society
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.
Women in America: Occupations
Travelers to America in 1820-1842 describe women's occupations, providing insight into the status and roles of women.
Women Miners in the English Coal Pits
An 1842 Parliamentary Paper describing women's work in the coal mines of Yorkshire. Includes testimony of two women miners.