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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... maker . Another example : Katie A. works in a department store and earns $ 6.50 a week ; her mother is dead , she lives with her father , and while paying $ 5 a week for her room and board , is nevertheless not entirely dependent upon ...
... maker . Another example : Katie A. works in a department store and earns $ 6.50 a week ; her mother is dead , she lives with her father , and while paying $ 5 a week for her room and board , is nevertheless not entirely dependent upon ...
Page 97
... maker who formerly had a position paying $ 9 a week , lost this and for three months had been working for $ 7 , which through lost time averaged but $ 5.92 . Her weekly expenditure was $ 5.45 . She told the agent she did not know how ...
... maker who formerly had a position paying $ 9 a week , lost this and for three months had been working for $ 7 , which through lost time averaged but $ 5.92 . Her weekly expenditure was $ 5.45 . She told the agent she did not know how ...
Page 136
... maker but chief breadwinner for the two as well , for he is a semiinvalid . The nominal board paid by the 2 girls living with their aunts is needed in the family budget . In both cases the support of the family is wholly borne by women ...
... maker but chief breadwinner for the two as well , for he is a semiinvalid . The nominal board paid by the 2 girls living with their aunts is needed in the family budget . In both cases the support of the family is wholly borne by women ...
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... maker . Saleswoman . 26 Do .. Do .. Do. Do .. 30 Do. Do .. Do. Do .. Do .. Do .. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do .. Do .. Do. Do. Do .. Do. Do .. Do. Do .. 8833887 *** 888 * 5 * 18732394133447832 10 30 60 ( a ) 30 30 12 30 30 40 Do .. 36 222 2000 0 ...
... maker . Saleswoman . 26 Do .. Do .. Do. Do .. 30 Do. Do .. Do. Do .. Do .. Do .. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do .. Do .. Do. Do. Do .. Do. Do .. Do. Do .. 8833887 *** 888 * 5 * 18732394133447832 10 30 60 ( a ) 30 30 12 30 30 40 Do .. 36 222 2000 0 ...
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... maker . Irish . 14 Checker .. American . 15 Saleswoman . .do 21 16 Drapery maker ..do . 17 Saleswoman . English Canadian . 18 ..do . 19 ..do . .do . American . 21 20 .do . 21 ..do . 22 ..do . ..do .do . .do 23 ..do . Hebrew . 24 .do ...
... maker . Irish . 14 Checker .. American . 15 Saleswoman . .do 21 16 Drapery maker ..do . 17 Saleswoman . English Canadian . 18 ..do . 19 ..do . .do . American . 21 20 .do . 21 ..do . 22 ..do . ..do .do . .do 23 ..do . Hebrew . 24 .do ...
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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