Op-ed: The needless burdens of occupational licensing

On Nov. 3, 1896, Utah’s Martha Hughes Cannon defeated her own husband and three other male candidates to become the first female state senator in the United States. Cannon, a successful medical doctor and a staunch advocate for women’s rights and public safety, would no doubt understand the need to balance consumer safety with women’s desire to work in certain fields.State governments require workers in many fields to have licenses to practice, including doctors, beauticians, e