By Tanya Monthey :: An Oregon businessman made it to the United States Supreme Court in 1908 challenging the state’s maximum hour law for women.  This case came before the Court at a time when progressive legislation was repeatedly struck down, in alignment with their economic ideology of laissez-faire capitalism. The Lochner Era, is named forContinue Reading “An object of public interest” | Women, Labor, and Muller v. Oregon