“That contract law was intended to discriminate against working people and for business is shown by Horwitz in the following example of the early nineteenth century: the courts said that if a worker signed a contract to work for a… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The theory [before the twentieth century] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that only men were by nature entitled to wages. If a woman earned money, outside domestic service, it was… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
![“The theory [before the twentieth century] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that only men were by nature entitled to wages. If a woman earned money, outside domestic service, it was because some misfortune had deprived her of masculine protection.” quote by Rheta Childe Dorr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/01c/rheta-childe-dorr-37217_century_the-theory-before-the-twentieth-century_2223271.jpg)