“Working Women: Caroline Gleason/Sister Miriam Theresa and Oregon’s First Minimum Wage Law” @ McMenamins
McMenamins Old St. Francis School 700 NW Bond St., Bend, OR, United StatesMcMenamins History, Deschutes Historical Museum and Oregon Historical Society present… Old St. Francis History Pub Do you remember your first minimum wage job? 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 … Continue reading