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"Working Women: Caroline Gleason/Sister Miriam Theresa and Oregon's First Minimum Wage Law"
November 19, 2009Thursday, 7pm
Free and open to the public
The Holy Names Heritage Center
(Next door to Marylhurst University)
17425 Holy Names Drive
(503.607.0595
The Holy Names Heritage Center is sponsoring a talk on Sister Miriam Theresa Gleason (1886-1962) who was longtime chair of the Sociology Department of Marylhurst College.
In 1913, Caroline Gleason, later known as Sister Miriam Theresa, worked in Portland factories, surveyed working women across Oregon, and helped craft the nation's first compulsory minimum wage law. Gleason's work laid the foundation for the Fair Labor and Standards Act of 1938 and the minimum wage rates in place today. Speaker Janice Dilg is a historian and adjunct instructor at Portland State University who specializes in women’s history.
The talk, "Working Women: Caroline Gleason/Sister Miriam Theresa and Oregon's First Minimum Wage Law" is free and open to the public.
More about Sister Miriam Theresa Gleason
Sister Miriam Theresa Gleason
More about Holy Names Heritage Center
www.holynamesheritagecenter.org