The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-01-13
WORKING HOURS
OF WOMEN VARY
States Differ Widely in ReguIat-
ing Labor of 100000
Wage Farmers.
NO LIMIT IN FIVE STATES
regulations on Night Employment
south Dakota Has 70-Hour Week
minimum Wage Laws in
Force in Some States.

New York.-With more than 5000,
0OO women painfully occupied in tn,
united States, the legal status o
women as employees becomes matte
OF increasing importance to industry
according to a statement issued by the
National Industrial Conference board
According to the most recent Off
clal summaries, daily working hours
Tor women in the United. States are
limited the statement says, las fol
lows:
To eight hours in the District OF
Columbia, Colorado. California, Wash
ington, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Ari
iona and New Mexico; in Kansas there
Is a law providing punitive overtime
for work over eight or nine hours. ac-
cording to the industry; to eight and
one-half hours in North Dakota; to
nine hours in Massachusetts, New
York, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Texas Idaho and Oregon.
to ten hours in Pennsylvania, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island. New Jersey, Mary
land, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Illinois, Wisconsin.
South Dakota and Wyoming; to ten
and One-half hours in Tennessee and
Vermont; to eleven hours in North
Carolina to twelve hours in South
Carolina, while no legal limitations
exist in Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia,
Alabama and Florida
No Limitation in Working Hours.
'These latter five states have no
limitation in the weekly working hours
of women. The As hours a week linn
itation is prescribed in Massachusetts,
California, Oregon, Utah and North
the legal limitation is 70 hours a week.
In Ohio 80 hours; in Wisconsin, Con-
necticut and Delaware 50 hours; in
New Jersey, Wyoming, Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina Virginia and
Maryland 60 hours in Vermont, Wash
ington, Montana, Nevada, Colorado,
Arizona and New Mexico 56 hours in
Tennessee 81 hours. and in all the
other states, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Nebraska, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
"a hours. The variation as to weekly
hours is, therefore, much greater than
the variation as to daily hours.
might work for women is prohib-
in
New York, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Ne
oraska, Kansas, Oregon and Califor-
Tia in industry only in Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Indiana; in mercan-
lie employment only in South Caro-
ina; for railroad and street railway
icket sellers only in Ohio; in the Dis
riot of Columbia the number of hours
hat may be worked at night is limited
n the same manner as day work.
Control of Night Work.
Estate control of night work for
gomen exists only in Ia states; Della
ware, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska,
Jew Hampshire and Wisconsin limit
he night hours of all women wage |
arners. Connecticut, Delaware, In |
lana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ne |
raska, New York, Oregon, Pennsyl- |
ania, South Carolina, Utah and Wis |
onsin prohibit women from night
'ork in certain occupations. Wiscon-
in and Nebraska limit night work to
light consecutive hours. Delaware and
limit hours to eight and
lrther specify definite hours as night
ours. Kansas, New Hampshire and
Wisconsin limit night hours to eight
nd weekly night work to 4S hours.
he number of occupations covered is,
a rule, small. Indiana and Pennsyl-
ania cover manufacturing establish
ents only.
Mandatory minimum wage laws for
omen, with rates fixed by commits
on are in force in Wisconsin, Mime
TIA, North Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas,
dorado, Washington, Oregon and
alifornia; IN Utah and Arizona there
a mandatory minimum wage law
It'll the wage fixed by law in Massa-
usetts there lisa minimum wage fixed
a commission, but not mandatory;
all of the other states there is no
W."