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title: Minimum Standards for Employment of Women in Industry
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/minimum-standards-employment-women-industry-1941/
description: Twenty-panel chart of workplace standards for women in industry (hours, rest, lighting, wages, safety), each panel a small line drawing with a numbered
section: Collection
---

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# Minimum Standards for Employment of Women in Industry

Twenty-panel chart of workplace standards for women in industry (hours, rest, lighting, wages, safety), each panel a small line drawing with a numbered line of text, around the Department of Labor seal. The technique is faint here: the official seal and the Women's Bureau banner lend government authority to an information sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MINIMUM STANDARDS
FOR
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
1. A DAY OF NOT MORE THAN 8 HOURS
[clock panel labels: LUNCH, REST]
2. A 48-HOUR WEEK WITH 1 DAY OF REST
[calendar: MARCH, SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT., days 1 to 31]
3. NO NIGHT WORK. NORMAL SLEEP
4. REST PERIODS TO RELIEVE CONSTANT STANDING OR CONSTANT SITTING
5. A CHAIR ADJUSTED TO THE WORKER AND HER JOB
6. AT LEAST 30 MINUTES FOR LUNCH
7. GOOD NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
8. CLEAN WELL-VENTILATED WORKROOMS
9. A WAGE BASED ON OCCUPATION, NOT ON SEX NOR RACE
10. A LIVING WAGE FOR SELF AND DEPENDENTS
11. SANITARY DRINKING AND WASHING FACILITIES. ADEQUATE TOILETS
12. SATISFACTORY LUNCH ROOMS, CLOAK ROOMS, AND REST ROOMS
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WOMEN'S BUREAU
13. JOBS NOT PROHIBITED TO WOMEN UNLESS MORE DANGEROUS THAN TO MEN
14. A WOMAN TO SUPERVISE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
15. PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES AND DISEASES
16. PROTECTION AGAINST DUST, FUMES, FLYING PARTICLES
17. GUARDED MACHINERY. SAFE FLOORS
18. PREVENTION OF STRAIN AT WORK
19. ELIMINATION OF FIRE HAZARDS
20. FIRST-AID EQUIPMENT
THE WOMEN'S BUREAU WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS TO FORMULATE STANDARDS AND POLICIES WHICH SHALL PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WAGE-EARNING WOMEN, IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS, INCREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY, AND ADVANCE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT; AND IS AUTHORIZED TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF EMPLOYED WOMEN
[imprint:] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
[imprint:] For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.  Price 10 cents
```

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