Prisoners of Poverty

About this eBook

Author

Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918

Title

Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Women -- Employment -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34060

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34060

Release Date

October 12, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRISONERS OF POVERTY
2. 2.PRISONERS OF POVERTY.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.PRISONERS OF POVERTY.
6. 6.CHAPTER FIRST. — WORKER AND TRADE.
7. 7.CHAPTER SECOND. — THE CASE OF ROSE HAGGERTY.
8. 8.CHAPTER THIRD. — SOME METHODS OF A PROSPEROUS FIRM.
9. 9.CHAPTER FOURTH. — THE BARGAIN COUNTER.
10. 10.CHAPTER FIFTH. — A FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER.
11. 11.CHAPTER SIXTH. — MORE METHODS OF PROSPEROUS FIRMS.
12. 12.CHAPTER SEVENTH. — NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE GOSPEL.
13. 13.CHAPTER EIGHTH. — THE TRUE STORY OF LOTTE BAUER.
14. 14.CHAPTER NINTH. — THE EVOLUTION OF A JACKET.
15. 15.CHAPTER TENTH. — BETWEEN THE RIVERS.
16. 16.CHAPTER ELEVENTH. — UNDER THE BRIDGE AND BEYOND.
17. 17.CHAPTER TWELFTH. — ONE OF THE FUR-SEWERS.
18. 18.CHAPTER THIRTEENTH. — SOME DIFFICULTIES OF AN EMPLOYER WHO EXPERIMENTED.
19. 19.CHAPTER FOURTEENTH. — THE WIDOW MALONEY’S BOARDERS.
20. 20.CHAPTER FIFTEENTH. — AMONG THE SHOP-GIRLS.
21. 21.CHAPTER SIXTEENTH. — TWO HOSPITAL BEDS.
22. 22.CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH. — CHILD-WORKERS IN NEW YORK.
23. 23.CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH. — STEADY TRADES AND THEIR OUTLOOK.
24. 24.CHAPTER NINETEENTH. — DOMESTIC SERVICE AND ITS PROBLEMS.
25. 25.CHAPTER TWENTIETH. — MORE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE.
26. 26.CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST. — END AND BEGINNING.

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