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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... relatives ? What are these self - supporting women paying for the principal and current necessaries of life , and how do these expen- ditures compare with the drain upon the earnings of the girl who lives at home ? In a word , what are ...
... relatives ? What are these self - supporting women paying for the principal and current necessaries of life , and how do these expen- ditures compare with the drain upon the earnings of the girl who lives at home ? In a word , what are ...
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... relative effectively taking a mother's place . Then the married woman overtaken by domestic misfortune and forced to earn her own living presented another problem . If entirely deserted or if widowed , with no means of support and ...
... relative effectively taking a mother's place . Then the married woman overtaken by domestic misfortune and forced to earn her own living presented another problem . If entirely deserted or if widowed , with no means of support and ...
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... relatives . The earnings for the girls living at home were likewise taken for the year or for the time at work in the place of present employment , but the analysis of the causes of loss of time was not so detailed as in the case of the ...
... relatives . The earnings for the girls living at home were likewise taken for the year or for the time at work in the place of present employment , but the analysis of the causes of loss of time was not so detailed as in the case of the ...
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... relatives , expenditures for car fare , amusements , etc. , are given in detail for the women adrift . In all too many instances the reader will find , between the expendi- tures for the current and incidental necessaries and the ...
... relatives , expenditures for car fare , amusements , etc. , are given in detail for the women adrift . In all too many instances the reader will find , between the expendi- tures for the current and incidental necessaries and the ...
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... relatives must be made , or doctor's bills or medicines make demands upon the meager earnings . " ยท In some instances the reader will find in the table showing individual income and cost of living at the end of this report reference to ...
... relatives must be made , or doctor's bills or medicines make demands upon the meager earnings . " ยท In some instances the reader will find in the table showing individual income and cost of living at the end of this report reference to ...
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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