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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... amount per week , by age .. 344-347 Table III . - Number of female wage - earners in department and other retail stores , factories , etc. , living at home and not living at home , and per cent of each earning specified amounts .... 348 ...
... amount per week , by age .. 344-347 Table III . - Number of female wage - earners in department and other retail stores , factories , etc. , living at home and not living at home , and per cent of each earning specified amounts .... 348 ...
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... amount of misrepre- sentation ; that is , to get by direct questioning such things as were possible of verification - price paid for board , room , heat , light , and laundry and from these to determine what margin was left for such ...
... amount of misrepre- sentation ; that is , to get by direct questioning such things as were possible of verification - price paid for board , room , heat , light , and laundry and from these to determine what margin was left for such ...
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... amount . It is a noteworthy fact , however , that these cases of " no margin " or " apparent deficit " are not frequent , and that at least a majority of the women are living within their earnings . How does the drain upon the woman ...
... amount . It is a noteworthy fact , however , that these cases of " no margin " or " apparent deficit " are not frequent , and that at least a majority of the women are living within their earnings . How does the drain upon the woman ...
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... AMOUNT PER WEEK , BY AGE . Total Num- Number with average weekly earn- Per cent with average weekly earnings ings of - Age . num- ber inves - port- ber re- of- ti- gated . ing Un- earn- der ings . $ 4 . $ 12 Un- $ 4 to $ 6 to $ 5.99 ...
... AMOUNT PER WEEK , BY AGE . Total Num- Number with average weekly earn- Per cent with average weekly earnings ings of - Age . num- ber inves - port- ber re- of- ti- gated . ing Un- earn- der ings . $ 4 . $ 12 Un- $ 4 to $ 6 to $ 5.99 ...
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... amount or more , which per- centage increased to 59.1 at 18 to 20 , to 81.9 at 21 to 24 , and to 90.0 at 25 years and over . Comparison of the store women 21 years of age and over living at home with the adrift store women 21 years and ...
... amount or more , which per- centage increased to 59.1 at 18 to 20 , to 81.9 at 21 to 24 , and to 90.0 at 25 years and over . Comparison of the store women 21 years of age and over living at home with the adrift store women 21 years and ...
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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