WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS

About this eBook

Author

Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918

Title

Women Wage-Earners: Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future

Credits

Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Women -- Employment -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15204

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15204

Release Date

February 28, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS:
2. 2.HELEN CAMPBELL, — AUTHOR OF "PRISONERS OF POVERTY," "PRISONERS OF POVERTY ABROAD," "THE PROBLEM OF THE POOR," "MRS. HERNDON'S INCOME," ETC. — With an Introduction — BY RICHARD T. ELY, PH.D., LL.D. — Professor of Political Economy and Director of the School of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. — BOSTON: — ROBERTS BROTHERS. — 1893.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — BY RICHARD T. ELY,
5. 5.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
6. 6.WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS; — THEIR PAST, THEIR PRESENT, AND THEIR FUTURE. — INTRODUCTION
7. 7.I. — A LOOK BACKWARD. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.II. — EMPLOYMENTS FOR WOMEN DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACTORY. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.III. — EARLY ASPECTS OF FACTORY LABOR FOR WOMEN. — FOOTNOTE:
10. 10.IV. — RISE AND GROWTH OF TRADES UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.V. — LABOR BUREAUS AND THEIR WORK IN RELATION TO WOMEN. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.VI. — PRESENT WAGE-RATES IN THE UNITED STATES. — RECAPITULATION — AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, BY CITIES. — AVERAGE WAGE PER STATE. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.VII. — GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ENGLISH WORKERS. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.VIII. — GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CONTINENTAL WORKERS. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — GENERAL CONDITIONS AMONG WAGE-EARNING WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.X. — GENERAL CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN STATES.
17. 17.XI. — SPECIFIC EVILS AND ABUSES IN FACTORY LIFE AND IN GENERAL TRADES. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.XII. — REMEDIES AND SUGGESTIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.APPENDIX. — FACTORY INSPECTION LAW.
20. 20.AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN PREPARING THIS BOOK.
21. 21.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WOMAN'S LABOR AND OF THE WOMAN QUESTION. — GERMANY. — BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRENCH LITERATURE ON THE WOMAN QUESTION AND THAT OF WOMAN'S LABOR. — ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY.
22. 22.INDEX.

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