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feb 29, 1908 - Muller v Oregon (Feb 1908)

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attorney Louis D. Brandeis persuaded Supreme Court to accept constitutionality of laws protecting women workers ; Presented evidence of harmful effects on women’s weaker bodies; Called for special protection for women, closed many “male” jobs to women; Seen as a triumph over existing legal doctrine

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feb 29, 1908
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~ 117 years ago