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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Page 90
... of age who can not read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language , shall attend some public day school . " The average weekly cost of food , shelter , heat 90 WAGE - EARNING WOMEN IN STORES AND FACTORIES .
... of age who can not read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language , shall attend some public day school . " The average weekly cost of food , shelter , heat 90 WAGE - EARNING WOMEN IN STORES AND FACTORIES .
Page 93
... English , French , Scotch , Hebrew , and German . Forty - seven per cent of the factory employees were American , 22 per cent Irish , 14 per cent Canadian , and the remaining 17 per cent were Scotch , Swedish , Hebrew , Polish , English ...
... English , French , Scotch , Hebrew , and German . Forty - seven per cent of the factory employees were American , 22 per cent Irish , 14 per cent Canadian , and the remaining 17 per cent were Scotch , Swedish , Hebrew , Polish , English ...
Page 98
... English , arithmetic , hygiene , history of manufactured goods , art of polite- ness , and store diplomacy . Five stores , from which most of these young women come , pay annually from $ 250 to $ 500 toward the maintenance of these ...
... English , arithmetic , hygiene , history of manufactured goods , art of polite- ness , and store diplomacy . Five stores , from which most of these young women come , pay annually from $ 250 to $ 500 toward the maintenance of these ...
Page 113
... English , 34 per cent of Irish , 26 per cent of the American , and 25 per cent of the Germans . The average weekly earnings of the factory workers adrift are $ 7.23 . As will appear by reference to the table , these figures do not ...
... English , 34 per cent of Irish , 26 per cent of the American , and 25 per cent of the Germans . The average weekly earnings of the factory workers adrift are $ 7.23 . As will appear by reference to the table , these figures do not ...
Page 153
... English , Russian , Spanish , Rou- manian , Hungarian , Swedish , and some others , who were present in such small numbers as not to warrant separate discussion . Dividing the entire group of adrift into the three divisions of " bad ...
... English , Russian , Spanish , Rou- manian , Hungarian , Swedish , and some others , who were present in such small numbers as not to warrant separate discussion . Dividing the entire group of adrift into the three divisions of " bad ...
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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