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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... mills , and manufac- turing establishments , and other employments of like grade , are prac- tically without homes in the large cities and dependent for a living upon their own earnings ? What are the average earnings of such women ...
... mills , and manufac- turing establishments , and other employments of like grade , are prac- tically without homes in the large cities and dependent for a living upon their own earnings ? What are the average earnings of such women ...
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... mills , factories , and other similar establishments in the seven cities named is over 400,000 . If the Bureau's method of selecting lists for the investigation was correct and the data sufficient in quantity - and the reader will have ...
... mills , factories , and other similar establishments in the seven cities named is over 400,000 . If the Bureau's method of selecting lists for the investigation was correct and the data sufficient in quantity - and the reader will have ...
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... mills , etc .: Women living at home Women adrift .. Total .. 544 74.7 326 83.6 184 25.3 64 16.4 728 100.0 390 100.0 181 81.5 1,686 87.0 855 82.0 41 18.5 252 13.0 188 18.0 543 78.4 150 21.6 222 100.0 1,938 100.0 1,043 100.0 693 100.0 ...
... mills , etc .: Women living at home Women adrift .. Total .. 544 74.7 326 83.6 184 25.3 64 16.4 728 100.0 390 100.0 181 81.5 1,686 87.0 855 82.0 41 18.5 252 13.0 188 18.0 543 78.4 150 21.6 222 100.0 1,938 100.0 1,043 100.0 693 100.0 ...
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... mill workers . This is shown to be the case in each city investigated except St. Louis , where a larger proportion of store women than of factory women contribute their entire earnings to the family fund . In order that this matter of ...
... mill workers . This is shown to be the case in each city investigated except St. Louis , where a larger proportion of store women than of factory women contribute their entire earnings to the family fund . In order that this matter of ...
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... MILLS , AND MISCELLANEOUS ESTABLISHMENTS . Boston : Living at home .. 74.7 22.6 21,075 Not living at home ... 25.3 29.1 5.1 $ 6.47 $ 5.16 61.7 8.5 6.76 $ 4.18 21.5 Chicago : Living at home . Not living at home . 42,362 83.6 21.9 16.4 ...
... MILLS , AND MISCELLANEOUS ESTABLISHMENTS . Boston : Living at home .. 74.7 22.6 21,075 Not living at home ... 25.3 29.1 5.1 $ 6.47 $ 5.16 61.7 8.5 6.76 $ 4.18 21.5 Chicago : Living at home . Not living at home . 42,362 83.6 21.9 16.4 ...
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