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Progressive Movement and Muller v. Oregon 1908

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(1908) And the Progressives Note to student: this paper stated that your assignment needed no outside references. There are none with this paper.  Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., November 2000 Introduction For centuries women have been thought of "property," but time and situations  have been leading to slow but sure progression towards womens independence. In this discussion we shall begin by examining Muller v Oregon, 1908; events leading into the progressive era;  and the influence of muckrakers on women and current society. Muller v Oregon On the surface the 1908 U.S. Supreme Court case, Muller v. State of Oregon appeared to  promote the health and welfare of female workers; however, the decision led to additional protective legislation that affected issues of equality in the workplace for years to come. At issue  was an Oregon law passed in 1903 that prohibited women from working more than 10 hours in one day. In 1905, Curt Muller, a laundry owner, was charged with  permitting a supervisor, to require Mrs. E. Gotcher to work more than 10 hours and the owner was fined $10. Sentencing women to the home appears as a given in  Muller v Oregon (1908), which is perhaps the most studied Supreme Court case, involving the workplace rights of women. Here the Court shifts the framing of its decision to delineate  legal rules between men and women. By restricting the number of hours, women, but not men, could work, the Courts ruling "protected" rather than excluded women. Utilizing the Bradwell  premise, (Louis D. Brandeis chose to argue for the state on the grounds that women needed "special protection" by virtue of their physical differences from men. In what first became