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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... included .................. 5,6 7-36 9 , 10 Definition of women adrift or without homes .. Method of selection of women included in the investigation .. Proportion of women adrift and at home .. Character of data secured ....... 10-12 ...
... included .................. 5,6 7-36 9 , 10 Definition of women adrift or without homes .. Method of selection of women included in the investigation .. Proportion of women adrift and at home .. Character of data secured ....... 10-12 ...
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... INCLUDED . As has been indicated , the investigation was limited to wage- earning women employed in stores , mills , manufacturing establish- ments , and other like employments . The great army of stenogra- phers , bookkeepers , general ...
... INCLUDED . As has been indicated , the investigation was limited to wage- earning women employed in stores , mills , manufacturing establish- ments , and other like employments . The great army of stenogra- phers , bookkeepers , general ...
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... included , are to some extent an exception , and for that reason have been treated separately so far as their wage and cost of living are concerned . The second reason for limiting the inquiry was that the problems of living , while ...
... included , are to some extent an exception , and for that reason have been treated separately so far as their wage and cost of living are concerned . The second reason for limiting the inquiry was that the problems of living , while ...
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... INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION . To discover from the great army of wage - earning women the num- ber that were adrift was in itself not an easy task . The method at first adopted was to secure from current lists of employees the names ...
... INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION . To discover from the great army of wage - earning women the num- ber that were adrift was in itself not an easy task . The method at first adopted was to secure from current lists of employees the names ...
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... included were either heads of departments , assistant heads , or had had an average of 8 years ' experience , ranging up to 15 years . Such experiences made it necessary to establish a rule that all lists , with industrial data , must ...
... included were either heads of departments , assistant heads , or had had an average of 8 years ' experience , ranging up to 15 years . Such experiences made it necessary to establish a rule that all lists , with industrial data , must ...
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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