USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The right of a State to regulate the working hours of women rests on the police power and the right to preserve the health of the women of the State, and is not affected by other laws of the State granting or denying to women the same rights as to contract and the elective franchise as are enjoyed by men.

Detailed explanation-2: -The decision in Muller v. Oregon resulted in other state laws related to wages, work hours, and work conditions. The decision was overturned, however in the 1923 case of Adkins v. Children’s Hospital.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oregon enacted a law that limited women to ten hours of work in factories and laundries. The owner of a laundry business, Curt Muller, was fined $10 when he violated the law. Muller appealed the conviction. The state supreme court upheld the law’s constitutionality.

Detailed explanation-4: -On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on the workday of women in factories and laundries. The Muller decision was a major victory for rising progressive lawyer Louis D. Brandeis because it upheld protective state regulations.