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 81
... 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 . It reaches to ...
... 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 . It reaches to ...
Page 82
... Irish . All but one of the women were living at home or with relatives . They were employed chiefly in the near by confectionery and tobacco factories . The West End is separated from the North End by the North sta- tion . The character ...
... Irish . All but one of the women were living at home or with relatives . They were employed chiefly in the near by confectionery and tobacco factories . The West End is separated from the North End by the North sta- tion . The character ...
Page 93
... Irish , 13 per cent Canadian , and the remaining - 11 per cent - included 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 ...
... Irish , 13 per cent Canadian , and the remaining - 11 per cent - included 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 ...
Page 96
... Irish . Comparing the figures for store and factory employees in the three classes , we notice that the range of earnings among the store em- ployees is nearly twice as great as among factory employees . The store averages range from ...
... Irish . Comparing the figures for store and factory employees in the three classes , we notice that the range of earnings among the store em- ployees is nearly twice as great as among factory employees . The store averages range from ...
Page 106
... Irish girl who was supposed to be giving both the flat wage and the commission to her mother , the natural longing for a fund of her own proved too strong for filial devotion . When asked in her mother's presence how much she received ...
... Irish girl who was supposed to be giving both the flat wage and the commission to her mother , the natural longing for a fund of her own proved too strong for filial devotion . When asked in her mother's presence how much she received ...
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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