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Word: cascadian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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Elsie Parrish. Off & on from 1933 to 1935, the Cascadian Hotel of Wenatchee, Wash, employed Mrs. Elsie Parrish as chambermaid for $12 a week. Under Washington's Minimum Wage Law for women she should have got $14.50 for her 48-hour week. She demanded what the law said was coming to her. The hotel offered $17 in settlement. Elsie Parrish spurned it. She sued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Chambermaid's Day | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

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