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WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS:

THEIR PAST, THEIR PRESENT,AND THEIR FUTURE.

BY

HELEN CAMPBELL,

AUTHOR OF "PRISONERS OF POVERTY," "PRISONERS OFPOVERTY 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.

Copyright, 1893,

BY HELEN CAMPBELL.

University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

A BOOK FOR

Alice,

FRIEND, HELPER, AND COMRADE.

CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD T. ELY
• AUTHORS PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER I    A LOOK BACKWARD
• CHAPTER II   EMPLOYMENTS FOR WOMEN DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACTORY
• CHAPTER III    EARLY ASPECTS OF FACTORY LABOR FOR WOMEN
• CHAPTER IV   RISE AND GROWTH OF TRADES UP TO THE PRESENT TIME
• CHAPTER V   LABOR BUREAUS AND THEIR WORK IN RELATION TO WOMEN
• CHAPTER VI   PRESENT WAGE-RATES IN THE UNITED STATES
• CHAPTER VII   GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ENGLISH WORKERS
• CHAPTER VIII   GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR CONTINENTAL WORKERS
• CHAPTER IX   GENERAL CONDITIONS AMONG WAGE-EARNING WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
• CHAPTER X   GENERAL CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN STATES
• CHAPTER XI   SPECIFIC EVILS AND ABUSES IN FACTORY LIFE AND IN GENERAL TRADES
• CHAPTER XII   REMEDIES AND SUGGESTIONS
• APPENDIX   FACTORY INSPECTION LAW
• AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN PREPARING THIS BOOK.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WOMAN'S LABOR AND OF THE WOMAN QUESTION.
• INDEX

INTRODUCTION

BY RICHARD T. ELY,

DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND HISTORY,UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON.