periodically heightened rush of work is never compensated for.
Under this head we may consider the demands of all seasonal
work, ... as also the special rush season in shops before
Christmas."


_Night Work of Women in Industry. Reports on its Importance and
Legal Regulation_. Preface by Etienne Bauer. Night Work of Women
in Industry in Austria. Ilse Von Arlt. Jena, Fischer, 1903

The suitable limits of working time vary with individuals, but
it is acknowledged that not only is a regularly long day of
work injurious, but also that a single isolated instance of
overstrain may be harmful to a woman all the rest of her life.

_Proceedings of the French Senate_, July 7, 1891. Report on the
Industrial Employment of Children, Young Girls, and Women.

When I ask, when we ask, for a lessening of the daily toil of
women, it is not only of the women that we think, it is not
principally of the women, it is of the whole human race. It is
of the father, it is of the child, it is of society, which we
wish to reëstablish on its foundation, from which we believe it
has perhaps swerved a little.

In New York State, the hours of labor of adult women (women over
twenty-one) in mercantile establishments are not limited in any way by
law.

The law concerning seats in stores is as follows:--