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Consumers' League of New York City
A reform-minded New York organization rather than an individual author, this league used the power of shoppers and public opinion to push for fairer wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions for women workers. Its publications grew out of the Progressive Era fight to connect everyday buying habits with labor justice.
3 Audiobooks
Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State
by Consumers' League of New York City
Behind the scenes in a restaurant: A study of 1017 women restaurant employees
by Consumers' League of New York City
Behind the Scenes in a Hotel
by Consumers' League of New York City
About the author
The Consumers' League of New York City was formed in 1891 after investigations into harsh conditions faced by women working in retail. Archive records describe the league as emerging from earlier reform efforts tied to the Working Women's Society, while Josephine Shaw Lowell is widely credited with founding the earlier New York Consumers' League movement in 1890.
The group became part of a broader campaign to improve labor standards through consumer pressure, public education, and reform advocacy. Its work helped popularize the idea that shoppers could reward businesses with better labor practices, a theme that would also shape the later National Consumers League.
Because this is a corporate body, not a single person, there is no standard author portrait to use here. Works credited to the league are best understood as products of a civic reform organization active in New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.