Josephine Clara Goldmark

Josephine Clara Goldmark
A photograph of a middle-aged white woman in an oval frame; she is wearing a dress with a distinctive pleating on the upper sleeve; her hair is dressed in an updo
Josephine Goldmark, from a 1912 publication
Born(1877-10-13)October 13, 1877
Brooklyn, New York
DiedDecember 15, 1950(1950-12-15) (aged 73)
White Plains, New York
EducationBryn Mawr College
OccupationAmerican legal reformer
Parent(s)Joseph Goldmark (1819–1881)
Regina (Wehle) Goldmark[1]

Josephine Clara Goldmark (October 13, 1877 – December 15, 1950) was an advocate of labor law reform in the United States during the early 20th century. Her work against child labor and for wages-and-hours legislation (the 8-hour day, minimum wage) was influential in the passage of the Keating–Owen Act in 1916 and the later Fair Labor Standards Act of 1937.

  1. ^ Sklar, Kathryn Kish (1 March 2009). "Josephine Clara Goldmark". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 23 October 2014.