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 17
... furnishing information . The industry , occupation , age , school- ing , industrial experience , average earnings , cost of food , shelter , heat , light ; and laundry , grade of housing and food , contribution to needy relatives ...
... furnishing information . The industry , occupation , age , school- ing , industrial experience , average earnings , cost of food , shelter , heat , light ; and laundry , grade of housing and food , contribution to needy relatives ...
Page 27
... furnishings , etc. " Good " food stands for sufficient nourishment in palatable form . " Excellent " housing includes the factors in the fair and good grade in addition to attrac- tive surroundings . The general policy was to count the ...
... furnishings , etc. " Good " food stands for sufficient nourishment in palatable form . " Excellent " housing includes the factors in the fair and good grade in addition to attrac- tive surroundings . The general policy was to count the ...
Page 61
... furnishings of the house were of excellent grade ; the people refined ; but for all this she had to pay $ 7 , which included only room and board . Such cases were decidedly in the minority , however . The average weekly earnings for the ...
... furnishings of the house were of excellent grade ; the people refined ; but for all this she had to pay $ 7 , which included only room and board . Such cases were decidedly in the minority , however . The average weekly earnings for the ...
Page 99
... furnishings were coming more and more into the domain of women buyers , and that for a woman of pluck , perseverance , and business sense the department store offered an opening to a successful career . CHAPTER V LIVING CONDITIONS OF ...
... furnishings were coming more and more into the domain of women buyers , and that for a woman of pluck , perseverance , and business sense the department store offered an opening to a successful career . CHAPTER V LIVING CONDITIONS OF ...
Page 115
... furnishings of which they take great pride . Perhaps a mother and daughter , both working , keep as much of the home atmos- phere as they can by living in this way . Or it may be a case of necessity , as the cost of living can be ...
... furnishings of which they take great pride . Perhaps a mother and daughter , both working , keep as much of the home atmos- phere as they can by living in this way . Or it may be a case of necessity , as the cost of living can be ...
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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