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WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS:
THEIR PAST, THEIR PRESENT, AND THEIR FUTURE.
BY
HELEN CAMPBELL,
AUTHOR OF "PRISONERS OF POVERTY," "PRISONERS OF POVERTY ABROAD," "THE PROBLEM OF THE POOR," "MRS. HERNDON'S INCOME," ETC.
With an Introduction
Professor of Political Economy and Director of the School of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1893.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS;
THEIR PAST, THEIR PRESENT, AND THEIR FUTURE.
INTRODUCTION
I.
A LOOK BACKWARD.
FOOTNOTES:
II.
EMPLOYMENTS FOR WOMEN DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACTORY.
FOOTNOTES:
III.
EARLY ASPECTS OF FACTORY LABOR FOR WOMEN.
FOOTNOTE:
IV.
RISE AND GROWTH OF TRADES UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
FOOTNOTES:
V.
LABOR BUREAUS AND THEIR WORK IN RELATION TO WOMEN.
FOOTNOTES:
VI.
PRESENT WAGE-RATES IN THE UNITED STATES.
RECAPITULATION
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, BY CITIES.
AVERAGE WAGE PER STATE.
FOOTNOTES:
VII.
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ENGLISH WORKERS.
FOOTNOTES:
VIII.
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CONTINENTAL WORKERS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX.
GENERAL CONDITIONS AMONG WAGE-EARNING WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
FOOTNOTES:
X.
GENERAL CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN STATES.
XI.
SPECIFIC EVILS AND ABUSES IN FACTORY LIFE AND IN GENERAL TRADES.
FOOTNOTES:
XII.
REMEDIES AND SUGGESTIONS.
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX.
FACTORY INSPECTION LAW.
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN PREPARING THIS BOOK.
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.
INDEX.
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