40 Hours to Freedom: The Invention of the Weekend
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Seven Day Week
In 1929, Henry Ford was probably one of the most famous men on the planet. He often said he planned to live to the age of 150 thanks to a diet that included obscene amounts of carrot juice and absolutely no beef. In 1919, Pennsylvania steelworkers were still grinding for 12 hours a day, six days a week. The old industrial norms of 10 and 12-hour days were being chipped away and eroded by the patient tides of progress.
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