Making Minimum Wage: Elsie Parrish Versus the West Coast Hotel Company Volume 4

by Helen J. Knowles

Book Overview

The US Supreme Court's 1937 decision in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, upholding the constitutionality of Washington State's minimum wage law for women, had monumental consequences for all American workers. It also marked a major shift in the Court's response to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal agenda. In Making Minimum Wage, Helen J. Knowles tells the human story behind this historic case.

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806169389
• ISBN13: 9780806169385
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"