Report on Condition of Woman and Child-wage Earners in the United States: Wage-earning women in stores and factoriesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - Child labor |
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... earning women ( notably the American wage - earning women ) were not like all other women - resentful of inquiries bear- ing on personal affairs , and particularly sensitive when the 16 WAGE - EARNING WOMEN IN STORES AND FACTORIES .
... earning women ( notably the American wage - earning women ) were not like all other women - resentful of inquiries bear- ing on personal affairs , and particularly sensitive when the 16 WAGE - EARNING WOMEN IN STORES AND FACTORIES .
Page 56
... American family in New York . The family consisted of a mother , a daughter 17 years of age , and three younger children . At the time the family was visited the 17 - year - old girl was supporting the group on her earnings of $ 5 a ...
... American family in New York . The family consisted of a mother , a daughter 17 years of age , and three younger children . At the time the family was visited the 17 - year - old girl was supporting the group on her earnings of $ 5 a ...
Page 61
... American women . In one household there were five people in two rooms , the girl lodger , the landlady and her husband sharing one room , and a male lodger sleeping in the kitchen . In another , two women lodgers and the child of one of ...
... American women . In one household there were five people in two rooms , the girl lodger , the landlady and her husband sharing one room , and a male lodger sleeping in the kitchen . In another , two women lodgers and the child of one of ...
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... American , 52 years old , living in a large lodging house and trying to care for herself and her husband , who was incapacitated for work . She worked in a clothing shop and if she made $ 6 a week ( which she could do only occasionally ...
... American , 52 years old , living in a large lodging house and trying to care for herself and her husband , who was incapacitated for work . She worked in a clothing shop and if she made $ 6 a week ( which she could do only occasionally ...
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... America , with the Irish predominating . As these people quickly assimilate with each other and with the native born , we should expect to find few racial groups . The small district of Boston known as the North End is densely populated ...
... America , with the Irish predominating . As these people quickly assimilate with each other and with the native born , we should expect to find few racial groups . The small district of Boston known as the North End is densely populated ...
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adrift women American Austrian Aver average earnings average weekly earnings Bohemian Boots and shoes buyers CALIFORN Candy car fare cent Cigars and tobacco department stores ECONOMIC CONDI employment ence ETC.-WOMEN LIVING Excellent EXPERIENCE factory women Fair Finisher Flowers and feathers Folder Forewoman German ginal Hand worker Hosiery and knit Industry investigation Irish Italian Jute Laundry living at home LIVING AT HOME-Continued living conditions lodging houses longest days Machine operator meals Men's Millinery MINNEAPOLIS AND ST number of women number reported Occupation overtime Packer Paper boxes Polish Printing and publishing retail stores RETAIL STORES-WOMEN rience Ruching and neckwear Russian Hebrew Saleswoman Stitcher store employees store women Stripper Swedish TABLE I.-OCCUPATION Telephone exchange TION OF WAGE-EARNING Tobacco and cigars total number Trimmer wage wage-earning women WAGE-EARNING WOMEN-Continued Waist waitresses Weaver week weekly contri Winder woman women adrift women employed Women's clothing Woolen and worsted Wrapper