How the 8-hour workday saved woman from being "unsexed" (1918)
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Title
How the 8-hour workday saved woman from being "unsexed" (1918)
Subject
unsexed
Description
An article reprinted in the Raymer Enterprise in 1918 celebrating Labor Day. The article reviews a history of the holiday, including the horrible conditions men and women worked in prior to new labor laws. In particular, the article describes how women who worked long hours were supposedly "unsexed by their toil," which ultimately made them incapable of childbirth or only produced "idiots." The article was written by Charles Edward Russell and likely appeared in newspapers across the U.S.
Creator
Charles Edward Russell
Source
Colorado Historic Newspapers
Publisher
Charles Edward Russell, "Eight-Hour Day Centuries Ago," Raymer Enterprise, vol. 9, no. 16, August 29, 1918, pp. 3.
Date
August 29, 1918
Contributor
Thomas R. Dunn (researcher)
Rights
Public domain - printed before 1926
Format
JPG, PDF
Language
English
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper
Files
Citation
Charles Edward Russell, “How the 8-hour workday saved woman from being "unsexed" (1918),” Northern Colorado Queer Memory Project, accessed April 15, 2026, https://nocoqueermemory.omeka.net/items/show/81.