Making minimum wage : Elsie Parrish versus the West Coast Hotel Company / Helen J. Knowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knowles, Helen J., 1973- author.

Series:

Studies in American constitutional heritage ; v. 4.

Studies in American constitutional heritage ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parrish, Elsie, 1899-1980--Trials, litigation, etc.

Parrish, Elsie.

West Coast Hotel Company--Trials, litigation, etc.

West Coast Hotel Company.

Minimum wage--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Minimum wage.

Minimum wage--Law and legislation.

United States.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Tells the story behind the US Supreme Court's 1937 decision in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish upholding Washington State's minimum wage law for women; illuminates the lives of those involved in the litigation and reveals the case's impact on local, state, and national levels" --Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "For each generation has but one chance to be judged"

2. Fulfilling "an obvious and desperate human need"

3. Creating a Legal "no [wo]man's land"

4. Upsetting the Wenatchee Applecart

5. On to Washington (D.C.)

6. 1937: "This Is OUR Year".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806169286

0806169281

9780806169385

0806169389

OCLC:

1236897388