Excerpt from Wage-Earning WomenThe chapters which follow are designed to give only glimpses of these women wage-earners as they toiled in different parts of the country, during the year 1907, and mainly in the summer and autumn months before the effects of the financial stringency were observable. The investigation upon which these glimpses are based was undertaken primarily that officers and workers of the Young Women's Christian Associations might know more about the young women whom they would serve. But it was also hoped that others who had made no special study of industrial life might become acquainted with some of its varied phases, and thus develop interest in local situations, at least.The needs of the associations, however, became the dominant factor in determining the sections of country to be studied. The entire time might have been spent in following one great industry to its various centers, but such a course would not have satisfied the needs of the organization responsible for the investigation.' The desire was rather to learn a good deal about many women in various trades with a view to stimulating efforts in their behalf. The industries 2selected in each place were the half dozen or more employing the greatest number of women.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.