The Employment of Women in the Clothing Trade / / Mabel Hurd Willett.

Explores the economic and social factors that influence the employment of women in the clothing industry in New York city, specifically labor legislation in the state of New York, the emergence of trade unions, and the development of the factory system in the United States. .

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1902]
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Year of Publication:1902
Language:English
Series:Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences ; 42
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Maps, Tables and Diagrams
  • Chapter I. Women in Industry
  • Chapter II. The Clothing Trade
  • Chapter III. Women in the Clothing Industry
  • Chapter IV. Women in the Clothing Industry (Continued)
  • Chapter V. The Italian Finishers in Their Homes
  • Chapter VI. Work, Wages and Expenses of the Home Finishers
  • Chapter VII. The Factory System in the Overalls Trade
  • Chapter VIII. Labor Legislation in New York State
  • Chapter IX. Trade Unions
  • Chapter X. Conclusion
  • Vita