City of Seattle Records

May 16 1890 Mrs Hubbard in regard to employment Offices

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Seattle May 15th To the Honorable City Council I see that you have passed on ordinance that all intelligence offices shall pay a license of $100.00. And give bonds to the amount of $2000. Will you allow me to call your attention to the fact that there are offices in the City that only find employment for women and do not do one half the business that those offices do that find employment for men and women. Where only women are employed, or, employment is found for them, hardly anything is made on account of the scarcity of help. I wonder that such a very small business should have to pay a license and if does such a very high one. Will you have the kindmenss to look into the matter? Looking and hoping for justice I remain Respectfully Yours Mrs Hubbard

5-22-90 Report of Com on License & Rev on petitions "Day Nursery" Mrs Hubbard R H Moss Western Central Labor Union

Office of the Mayor City of Seattle Wash

To the Hon. Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen Your committee on License & Revenue To whom was referred petitions from the officers and Trustees of the "Day Nursery" from R H Moss & Others from Mrs Hubbard and from the Western Central Labor Union asking for amendment of Ord No 1356 being the Ordinance recently passed by the Common Council providing for the regulation of Intellicence offices in this City, beg to report as follows: The petitions of R H Moss and of Mrs Hubbard ask in substance that the ordinance be amended so as to discriminate in favor of women who follow the business on employment agents by removing the license from such or by reducing the fee to a much smaller sum