Labor Day
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration holds records created or received by the U.S. Government on issues of labor and labor rights, including records on unions, strikes and responses, debates about women and children in the workplace, and the Government鈥檚 role in providing economic security and workplace rights. These records document and detail the struggle to define and assert workplace rights. We not only hold these records, we provide access to them. Search the for related records
is an exhibit of photographs of coal communities by American documentary photographer Russell Lee. These images tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, of a moment when the government took stock of their health and safety, and of a photographer who recognized their humanity. View the exhibit at the in Washington, DC.
Selected Images
Labor and Woman Suffrage
The struggle for labor rights and the fight for woman suffrage often intersected. Portions of our exhibit look at the contributions of working women and labor organizers.
In the early 20th century, young women painted the dials of watches and clocks with radium to create glow-in-the-dark faces. Many of the women, known as Radium Girls, became horribly disfigured, and many died horrible deaths. Learn about these women in "" and in .
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 caused the deaths of 146 women and inspired reforms in labor practices. Read "," and view photographs of the aftermath of the fire in the .
After the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911, a march on April 5 attracted thousands of women calling for safer working conditions and union representation.
Papers of the Women鈥檚 Trade Union League and Its Principal Leaders, supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
"From Slave Women to Free Women: Black Women's History in the Civil War Era," an article in Prologue magazine exploring women's labor after slavery.
Native girls packing pineapple into cans. By Edgeworth, taken for the Katakura & Company, November 20, 1928. 威尼斯人娱乐场, Records of the Women s Bureau
The Way We Worked
The Way We Worked, a photo exhibition focusing on the history of work in America, was displayed in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building in Washington, DC, from December 2005 to May 2006. Below are links to photographs and other content related to that exhibition.