| Abbott, Grace, 143, 286 (n. 101) |
| Acheson, Dean, 37, 332 (n. 3) |
| Addams, Jane, 15, 319 (n. 72) |
| Adkins v. Children's Hospital, 46-49, 178,
179, 180, 182 |
| African Americans: and labor standards
activism, 31-32, 82, 105-8, 283
(n. 76), 345 (n. 51), 353 (n. 63). See
also National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People |
| Agricultural workers, 32, 128, 130, 156,
184, 197-98, 208-10, 249 |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Chil-
dren, 5, 355 (n. 11) |
| Alabama, 64, 140, 156 |
| Altgeld, John, 16 |
| Altmeyer, Arthur, 114 |
| Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America (ACWA), 53, 100, 160, 164,
170; support for FLSA, 184, 185, 188,
189-90, 195, 196; and FLSA admin-
istration, 199 |
| American Association for Labor Legisla-
tion, 26, 36, 248 |
| American Association for Old Age Se-
curity, 36, 247 |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL),
53, 54, 62, 100, 118; voluntarism of,
43-44, 72, 94-95, 121, 155, 199; split
with CIO, 154, 165, 166, 184; and
FLSA, 189, 190; and Wagner Act
amendments, 211-15. See also Federa-
tions of Labor, state |
| American Labor Party, 35, 193, 235 |
| American Liberty League, 342 (n. 17) |
| American Student Union, 235, 237 |
| Ames, Jessie Daniel, 32, 75, 82 |
| Amidon, Beulah, 47, 154, 242, 264, 284
(n. 85) |
| Anderson, Mary, 78, 109, 222, 224, 226,
286 (n. 101) |
| Anderson, W. D., 74 |
| Andrews, Elmer F., 201-2 |
| Andrews, Irene Osgood, 37, 236 |
| Andrews, John B., 37 |
| Anticommunism, 230, 234-38; targeting
of women, 255 |
| Antitrust laws, 63, 70, 71, 103 |
| Apparel Industry Partnership, 2, 257 |
| Association of Southern Women for the
Prevention of Lynching, 82, 145 |
| Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 81, 82 |
| Atlanta School of Social Work, 82 |
| Atlanta Woman's Party, 80-83, 87 |
| Baker, Newton D., 25 |
| Barden bill, 209-10 |
| Barkley, Alben, 159 |
| Bellanca, Dorothy Jacobs, 190 |
| Beyer, Clara, 23, 34, 47, 114, 115, 117,
179, 208, 264; background, 31; views
on good labor law administration, 34,
115, 355 (n. 11); suggests dropping
sex-based strategy, 239-40. See also
U. S. Division of Labor Standards |
| Bilbo, Theodore, 149-50 |
| Black, Hugo, 95, 188 |
| Black-Connery wage-hour bill of 1937,
174, 183-84 |
| Black thirty-hour-week bill, 95 |
| Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 77 |
| Blease, Cole, 158 |
| Blue Eagle, 98, 111 |
| Boone, Gladys, 146, 316 (n. 41) |
| Bowen, Margaret, 61, 62 |
| Bowie, Jean L., 264 |
| Brandeis, Elizabeth, 23, 47, 179, 243,
264, 332 (n. 5) |
