Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Roots of Protection: The National Consumers’ League and Progressive Reform 5
5. 2. Gender, Protection, and the Courts, 1895–1907 33
6. 3. A Class by Herself: Muller v. Oregon (1908) 54
7. 4. Protection in Ascent, 1908–23 85
8. 5. Different versus Equal: The 1920s 121
9. 6. Transformations: The New Deal through the 1950s 152
10. 7. Trading Places: The 1960s and 1970s 191
11. 8. Last Lap: Work and Pregnancy 235
12. Conclusion: Protection Revisited 261
13. Acknowledgments 273
14. Notes 275
15. Index 321