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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... dependent for a living upon their own earnings ? What are the average earnings of such women ? How do these earnings compare with the general wage level for all women in the same employments ? In particular , how do they compare with ...
... dependent for a living upon their own earnings ? What are the average earnings of such women ? How do these earnings compare with the general wage level for all women in the same employments ? In particular , how do they compare with ...
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... dependent upon her earnings , in that her father is , in the last analy- sis , her support and would care for her in case of illness and lack of employment ; furthermore he is an efficient social protector . Katie has been considered as ...
... dependent upon her earnings , in that her father is , in the last analy- sis , her support and would care for her in case of illness and lack of employment ; furthermore he is an efficient social protector . Katie has been considered as ...
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... dependent upon her , she was clearly in the class of women adrift . But if , on the other hand , some of the children were half grown and earning a little it became necessary to make careful distinction between the woman whose children ...
... dependent upon her , she was clearly in the class of women adrift . But if , on the other hand , some of the children were half grown and earning a little it became necessary to make careful distinction between the woman whose children ...
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... dependent on the boarding or lodging houses . She quickly learns , too , to give an address in the home district , rather than in the boarding - house sections . The Bureau was compelled to depend upon the good faith of employ- ers in ...
... dependent on the boarding or lodging houses . She quickly learns , too , to give an address in the home district , rather than in the boarding - house sections . The Bureau was compelled to depend upon the good faith of employ- ers in ...
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... DEPENDENT UPON THEMSELVES , OR " ADRIFT . " Living condition . Department and other re- tail stores : Boston . Chicago . Minneapolis and St. Paul . New York . Philadel- phia . St. Louis . Num- Per Num- Per Num Per Num- Per ber . cent ...
... DEPENDENT UPON THEMSELVES , OR " ADRIFT . " Living condition . Department and other re- tail stores : Boston . Chicago . Minneapolis and St. Paul . New York . Philadel- phia . St. Louis . Num- Per Num- Per Num Per Num- Per ber . cent ...
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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