Part 1

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF WOMEN

THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

1910

COPYRIGHT, 1910

THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 5

The Editor

I HISTORICAL

THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S WORK IN THE UNITED STATES 11 Helen L. Sumner

II PROBLEMS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

CHANGES IN WOMEN’S WORK IN BINDERIES 27 Mary Van Kleeck

THE TRAINING OF MILLINERY WORKERS 40 Alice P. Barrows

TRAINING FOR SALESMANSHIP 52 Elizabeth B. Butler

THE EDUCATION AND EFFICIENCY OF WOMEN 61 Emily Greene Balch

STANDARDS OF LIVING AND THE SELF-DEPENDENT WOMAN 72 Susan M. Kingsbury

A NEW SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT 81 Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

INDUSTRIAL WORK OF MARRIED WOMEN 90 Florence Kelley

THE ECONOMICS OF “EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK” IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY 97 John Martin

III SOCIAL ACTION

WOMEN AND THE TRADE-UNION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 109 Alice Henry

A WOMAN’S STRIKE--AN APPRECIATION OF THE SHIRT-WAIST MAKERS OF NEW YORK 119 Helen Marot