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 93
... Polish , English , and Rus- sian . The drift of the native born is toward the stores . Though so large a proportion of these women make their homes in the lodging and boarding houses , approximately two - thirds of these lack one of the ...
... Polish , English , and Rus- sian . The drift of the native born is toward the stores . Though so large a proportion of these women make their homes in the lodging and boarding houses , approximately two - thirds of these lack one of the ...
Page 117
... Polish girl reporting " bread and coffee " for breakfast , " bread at noon , and " bread and soup or meat " for supper . As peasants , working in the open fields of the " old country , " they grew strong and healthy on a meager diet ...
... Polish girl reporting " bread and coffee " for breakfast , " bread at noon , and " bread and soup or meat " for supper . As peasants , working in the open fields of the " old country , " they grew strong and healthy on a meager diet ...
Page 185
... Polish and Bohemian girls who are employed in the tobacco factory . They make good wages , but seem not to know how to live better . They are young and have had little schooling , not any in this country . The per cent of the store ...
... Polish and Bohemian girls who are employed in the tobacco factory . They make good wages , but seem not to know how to live better . They are young and have had little schooling , not any in this country . The per cent of the store ...
Page 187
... Polish and Bohemian girls who earn a fair wage in the tobacco factory but who live in filth and extreme congestion . It is likewise the oldest section of the city , and once contained the finest residences . District 2 is distinctly the ...
... Polish and Bohemian girls who earn a fair wage in the tobacco factory but who live in filth and extreme congestion . It is likewise the oldest section of the city , and once contained the finest residences . District 2 is distinctly the ...
Page 232
... Polish . American . 21 ..do ... 14 Telephone . 15 Boots and shoes . 16 Men's clothing .. 17 Boots and shoes . 18 19 White goods . 20 Men's clothing .. 21 Boots and shoes . 22 Tobacco and cigars .. Printing and publishing . Machine ...
... Polish . American . 21 ..do ... 14 Telephone . 15 Boots and shoes . 16 Men's clothing .. 17 Boots and shoes . 18 19 White goods . 20 Men's clothing .. 21 Boots and shoes . 22 Tobacco and cigars .. Printing and publishing . Machine ...
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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