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INDEX.

A.

Adrift woman wage-earners-

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Definition of...
Number and per cent of, in cities investigated... 14,15,85, 106, 123, 142, 143, 153, 157, 158, 163, 172, 194, 195
Per cent of, in specified sections of Boston.

10-12

83

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman wage-earners in department and other
retail stores and in factories, etc.. 22-27, 41, 42, 83-92, 104-108, 125, 127, 143-147, 158-160, 173, 174, 218-377
Age. (See also Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis;
Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

Amusements, amount expended for, by woman wage-earners in stores and factories. (See Boston,
Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis; Waitresses in hotels
and restaurants.)

Amusements, average weekly amount paid for, by waitresses, by cities...

Application for employment in a department store in Chicago, form of

198
108, 109

B.

Baltimore, overtime and night work of woman wage-earners in.

Benefit associations, clubs, etc., for woman wage-earners...

Boarding houses, organized, woman wage-earners living in...

Boarding or lodging houses, woman wage-earners living in....

212-214

48,98, 111, 117, 128, 131, 134, 147, 166, 178

52, 53, 68-71
52, 53, 62-68

(See also Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis.)

Boston:

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

25,84-87,218-221,344,348

in factories, etc.

25,84-87,224-233,344,348

in hotels and restaurants..

368

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home---

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number and per cent of, adrift and at home, in department and other retail stores and in

number and per cent of, living at home who did or did not contribute to family fund..
number in city and number included in the investigation.

overtime work.

schooling.

(See also Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

Buyers, female, in department stores, age, experience, etc., of.....

C.

87, 90, 95, 222, 224, 232, 234, 236, 368, 369

Car fare, average weekly amount expended for, by waitresses, by cities...

Car fare, amount expended for, by woman wage-earners in stores and factories in specified cities.
(See Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.)
Cash girls, messengers, inspectors, bundle wrappers, and packers in department and other retail
stores-

99

198

15

19

80

83, 84, 89, 90

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Per cent of, of total female employees reporting in Chicago, in New York, and in Philadelphia..

41

Chicago:

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

in factories, etc..

in hotels and restaurants.

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home-

in department and other retail stores..

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105, 111, 114, 241, 243, 245, 251, 253, 255, 257, 351, 353, 370, 371

105, 238-241,246-251,370

25, 53, 111, 114, 241-245, 251-257, 351, 353, 370, 371

employment, conditions of, in hotels and restaurants.
hours of labor

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53, 238-257,344, 345, 348, 351, 353, 370, 371

105
358,359

110, 208, 209, 359, 370, 371

114-120, 241, 243, 245, 251, 253, 255, 257, 351, 353, 370, 371

living in boarding houses or in private families, or keeping house.
lunch rooms and rest rooms for...

nationality.

350-353
52, 114-117
111

113, 119, 238-242, 244, 246-252, 254, 256, 350, 352, 370, 371

number and per cent of, adrift and at home, in department and other retail stores and in
factories, etc..

number and per cent of, living at home who did or did not contribute to family fund.
number in city and number included in investigation.

occupations, classified, per cent in, in department stores.

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Clothing, cost of, and income of 196 woman wage-earners in Boston.
Clubs, benefit associations, etc., for woman wage-earners.... 48, 98, 111, 117, 128, 131, 134, 147, 166, 178
Comfort of employees, provision made for. (See Lunch rooms and rest rooms.)

Commissions allowed woman wage-earners.

Contributions to family, of waitresses, by cities..

89, 98, 106, 128, 129, 175

195, 196

Contributions to family, of woman wage-earners in specified cities. (See Boston, Chicago, Minne-

apolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.)

Cost of living and average weekly earnings of woman wage-earners-

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Other than waitresses, by cities, and for waitresses in all cities.

Cost of living of woman wage-earners. (See Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift
woman wage-earners, etc.; Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Phila-

delphia, St. Louis; Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

62-68

68-71

59-62

53

D.

Department and other retail stores-

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift women in, by cities.
Earnings and opportunities for advancement of wage-earning women in

25, 26, 218-335

39-45

Earnings, weekly, of employees in.

23, 24, 218-335

Experience, length of, of woman wage-earners in..

42, 43, 218-335

In Chicago, in New York, and in Philadelphia, woman employees in classified occupations in,

per cent of..

41

In Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, number and per cent of cash girls, saleswomen, office

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Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, by age and classified weekly earnings.

41, 42

Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, earning specified weekly amounts..

348, 349

Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, living at home who did or did not contribute
to family fund, by ages....

19-21

Number, per cent, and average weekly earnings of women in, classified by length of experience
Rates of wages of wage-earning women in, discussion of.

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Woman wage-earners in, in specified cities, and number included in the investigation. (See
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.)

Woman wage-earners in, per cent of, in specified sections of Boston.

83

(See also Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman wage-earners.)

E.

Earnings and opportunities for advancement of wage-earning women, discussion of.....
Earnings, average weekly-

37-48

Amount of, paid to family by women living at home...

25

And cost of living of woman wage-earners living in boarding or lodging houses....

62-68

And cost of living of woman wage-earners living in organized boarding houses.

68-71
71-76

Of waitresses, by cities.

Of woman wage-earners.

Earnings, average weekly-Concluded.

And cost of living of woman wage-earners living in private families.

And cost of living of women other than waitresses, by cities, and for waitresses in all cities.

Classified, of woman wage-earners..

Of home and adrift woman wage-earners, discussion of...

Of home and adrift women, comparison of, by cities.

Of store and factory women compared.

Of women in department and other retail stores, classified by length of experience.

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59-62

53

23, 24, 41, 42, 46

22-27

25, 26

47,48

195, 196, 355-377

23, 24, 41, 42, 46, 218-377

42, 43

Of women in factories, etc., classified by length of experience.

47

Of women in packing houses, Chicago.

351-353

Earnings, number and per cent of woman wage-earners who contributed all or part of, to family
fund, by ages....

19-21

Earnings of woman wage-earners, commissions allowed in addition to..

89, 98, 106, 128, 129, 175

Earnings. (See also Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman_wage-earners;
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis; Wages;
Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

Education, amount expended for, by woman wage-earners. (See Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis

and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis.)

Employment, conditions of, in hotels and restaurants employing waitresses.

189-199, 354-377

Environment, social, of woman wage-earners, discussion of..

49-76

Expenditure for clothing and income of 196 women employed in Boston..

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Of woman wage-earners in specified cities. (See Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul,

New York City, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.)

Experience. (See also Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman wage-earners.)

F.

Factories, mills, etc.-

Earnings, weekly, of employees in.

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift women in, by cities.
Earnings and opportunities for advancement of wage-earning women in..

Experience, length of, of women wage-earners in....

Income and expenditure for clothing of working women in Boston.

Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, adrift and at home.

25, 26, 224-343
45-47

23, 24, 224-343

47,224-343

72

15

46

19-21

47

Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, by age and classified weekly earnings.
Number and per cent of woman wage-earners in, living at home who did or did not contribute
to family fund, by ages..

Number, per cent, and average weekly earnings of women in, classified by length of experience..
Woman wage-earners in, in specified cities, and number included in the investigation. (See
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.)

Woman wage-earners in, per cent of, in specified sections of Boston.

(See also Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman wage-earners, etc.)

Factory and store women, comparison of earnings of..

Fines imposed upon woman wage-earners

Food and shelter of woman wage-earners, method of grading.

H.

Home, women living at, per cent of, in specified sections of Boston..

Hotels and restaurants, waitresses in. (See Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

Hours of labor and rates of wages of waitresses in hotels and restaurants.

Hours of labor of woman wage-earners in-

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St. Louis.

176, 367, 377

Hours of labor of woman wage-earners, legal restrictions affecting, by States.

216

Hours of labor. (See also Overtime and night work of woman wage-earners.)

Housekeeping by woman wage-earners, discussion of.

52-59

Housekeeping. (See also Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadel-

phia, St. Louis.)

Housing conditions of waitresses in hotels and restaurants..

198, 199

Housing conditions of woman wage-earners, method of grading.

27

Housing conditions of woman wage-earners. (See also Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul,

New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis.)

I.

Income and cost of clothing of 196 woman wage-earners.
Industries and occupations included in the investigation

9,10

Labor, hours of. (See Hours of labor, etc.)

L.

Legal restrictions affecting hours of labor of woman wage-earners, by States.

Living conditions of woman wage-earners:

Boston..

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Minneapolis and St. Paul:

M.

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

in factories

in hotels and restaurants.

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216

77-99

101-120

121-137

139-154

155-167

169-188

98, 111, 133, 134, 179

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Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

in factories, etc.

in hotels and restaurants.

Woman wage-earners-

amusements, amount expended for.

benefit associations, clubs, etc., for.

car fare, amount expended for..

contributions to families.

cost of living.

earnings, average weekly.

education, amount expended for....

employment, conditions of, in hotels and restaurants.

living in boarding houses or in private families or keeping house.

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number and per cent of, adrift and at home, in department and other retail stores and in

hours of labor

housing conditions.

52, 132, 133

lunch rooms and rest rooms for.

133, 134

nationality..

125, 132, 260, 262, 264, 266, 372

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number and per cent of, living at home who did or did not contribute to family fund.....
number in both cities and number included in investigation.

overtime work..

schooling..

social work among.

(See also Waitresses in hotels and restaurants.)

Moral condition of department-store women, relation of wages to...

Moral influences surrounding employment in department stores.

Ν.

Nationality of woman wage-earners. (See Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York

City, Philadelphia, St. Louis.)

New York City:

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

in factories, etc.

in hotels and restaurants.

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home-

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number and per cent of, adrift and at home, in department and other retail stores and in fac-

tories, etc.

number and per cent of, living at home who did or did not contribute to family fund.
number in city and number included in the investigation.

occupations, classified, per cent in, in department stores..

per cent in specified occupations..

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Occupations, classified, per cent in, of woman employees in department stores of Chicago, of New
York ond of Philadelphia.......

9,10

41

Occupations, females in classified, receiving classified weekly wages in department and other retail
stores of Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia..

Occupations. (See also Age, experience, earnings, etc., of home and adrift woman wage-earners,
etc.)

Office employees, female, in department and other retail stores-

By classified rates of wages-

Chicago..

New York.

Philadelphia.

three cities (Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia) combined

Per cent of, of total female employees reporting in Chicago, in New York, and in Philadelphia.
Opportunities for advancement and earnings of wage-earning women in-

Department and other retail stores.

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45

107

146

160

45

41

39-45

45-47

212-214

83,84

110, 113, 208-210

127, 128, 130, 131

149,204-208

161, 210-212
177

P.

Packing houses of Chicago, living conditions, etc., of woman wage-earners in.......
Philadelphia:

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

in department and other retail stores.

in factories, etc...

in hotels and restaurants.

Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home-

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living in boarding houses or in private families, or keeping house.

nationality.

number and per cent of, adrift and at home, in department and other retail stores and in

factories, etc..

number and per cent of, living at home who did or did not contribute to family fund.
number in city and number included in the investigation.

occupations, classified, per cent in, in department stores.

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52,166

167, 310, 312, 324, 326, 328, 330, 376

15

21

157

41

41

159, 164, 165, 310, 312, 324, 326, 328, 330, 376

52, 53, 59-62

161, 210-212

Private families, woman wage-earners living with.
Private families. (See also Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, New York City, Philadel-
phia, St. Louis.)

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Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners living at home-

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Age, experience, earnings, etc., of woman wage-earners not living at home-

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car fare, amount expended for..

173, 335, 341, 343, 377

contributions to family.

173, 332, 333, 336-339, 377

cost of living.

173, 174, 186-188, 335, 341, 343, 377

earnings, average weekly.

53, 332-343, 347-349,367, 377

education, amount expended for.

173

employment, conditions of, in hotels and restaurants.

366, 367

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