Employed Women Under N.R.A. Codes
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By: Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon
Date: 1935
Source: Pidgeon, Mary Elizabeth. Employed Women Under N.R.A. Codes. Bulletin of the Women's Bureau, no. 130. U.S. Department of Labor. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1935, 1–5, 129–33.
About the Author: Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890?–1979) was an economist for the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau.
Introduction
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was created in 1933 to establish an economic planning and management system based on a cooperative relationship between labor, business, and government. The short-term objective was to increase wages and employment, ensure businesses a fair profit, eliminate destructive competition, and improve working conditions. The anticipated increase in purchasing power was expected to stimulate the economy and help bring the country out of the...
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