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 18
... bution . It is doubted if anything in the whole report is more sig- nificant than the large percentage of the women wage - earners living at home who were turning into the family fund all their earnings . Of the women reported in New ...
... bution . It is doubted if anything in the whole report is more sig- nificant than the large percentage of the women wage - earners living at home who were turning into the family fund all their earnings . Of the women reported in New ...
Page 117
... bution , $ 1.26 , is also $ 1.56 lower . Only 13.4 per cent of factory workers have a grading of " excel- lent , " as compared with 47 per cent of department - store workers . Their average cost of living is $ 4.42 ; their average ...
... bution , $ 1.26 , is also $ 1.56 lower . Only 13.4 per cent of factory workers have a grading of " excel- lent , " as compared with 47 per cent of department - store workers . Their average cost of living is $ 4.42 ; their average ...
Page 224
... bution ( yrs . ) . experi - weekly contri- ence . ings . to family . Blackener .. 15 $ 1.50 $ 1.50 Machine operator . 1.50 1.50 Bow maker . 2.00 2.00 Eyelet .. 2.00 2.00 Button - machine operator . 15 2.00 2.00 Machine operator . 17 ...
... bution ( yrs . ) . experi - weekly contri- ence . ings . to family . Blackener .. 15 $ 1.50 $ 1.50 Machine operator . 1.50 1.50 Bow maker . 2.00 2.00 Eyelet .. 2.00 2.00 Button - machine operator . 15 2.00 2.00 Machine operator . 17 ...
Page 225
... bution ence . ings . to family . Hosiery and knit goods .. Men's clothing .. Garters .. Cutter .. 19 Buttonhole maker . Buckle maker . 17 15 Candy ... Boots and shoes . Do .. Wrapper .. Buttoner . Lacer .. Chocolate .. Candy . Packer ...
... bution ence . ings . to family . Hosiery and knit goods .. Men's clothing .. Garters .. Cutter .. 19 Buttonhole maker . Buckle maker . 17 15 Candy ... Boots and shoes . Do .. Wrapper .. Buttoner . Lacer .. Chocolate .. Candy . Packer ...
Page 226
... bution family . Candy . Drapery and house furnishings .. Cards .. Tracer . Packer . Bow maker . Garters .. Packer .. Millinery . Do .. Boots and shoes .. Maker .. Apprentice .. Machine operator .. Do ... Do ... Do ... Carpet and rugs ...
... bution family . Candy . Drapery and house furnishings .. Cards .. Tracer . Packer . Bow maker . Garters .. Packer .. Millinery . Do .. Boots and shoes .. Maker .. Apprentice .. Machine operator .. Do ... Do ... Do ... Carpet and rugs ...
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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