CHAPTER VIII. The Industrial Disadvantages of Domestic Service

THE INDUSTRIAL DISADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC SERVICE

Reasons why women do not choose domestic service 140 No opportunity for promotion 141 Work in itself not difficult 142 “Housework is never done” 142 Lack of organization 143 Irregularity of working hours 143 Work required evenings and Sundays 146 Competition with the foreign born and negroes 146 Lack of independence 147 Summary of industrial disadvantages 149