Women in Industry: A Study in American Economic History
by Edith Abbott
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Excerpt from Women in Industry: A Study in American Economic History This volume is, therefore, an attempt to carry on the investigation from the point at which it was left four years ago. The continuation of the study was made possible in the first instance through the assist ance of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and to the late Carroll D. Wright, then at the head of the Department of Economics and Sociology, grateful acknowledgment must be made. About the Publisher Forgotten show more Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Women in Industry: A Study in American Economic History
- Original publication date
- 1910
- Dedication
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S. P. B.
IN RECOGNITION - First words
- Public opinion in this country has been recently concerned with the increase in gainful employment among women, and misapprehension has arisen from a failure to understand the complexity of the problem; for the employment of ... (show all)women presents not one question but many questions.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The woman of the working classes finds it, so far as her measure of opportunity goes, very much as her great grandmother left it.
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- Economics, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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- 331.40973 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Women workers Biography And History North America United States
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- HD6095 .A6 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class Classes of labor
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