WOMEN'S EARNINGS IN AMERICA
It is not surprising to learn that American women earn more than their sisters in Great Britain, but it is surprising to learn that the difference is as 3 to 1. From a return 'furnished by the Chicago Bureau of Labour it appears that the average earnings of j women there is equal to the average earnings of British men workers. Six trades were taken by the Government in determining the wage status of women. Wide differences were found in the earnings in the different trades, but the average for all the women is £1 10s Bd. Fifty-seven per cent, of the returns were from women under twenty years of age. The following are the average weekly earnings in the individual trades: — £ s. d. Clothing factories ... ... 213 5 Sweets factories 1 16 2 Steam laundries ...... 114 0 Dry goods stores 1 9 9 Paper-box factories ... 1 9 S Corset factories ...... 1 5 11
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxxii, Issue 8374, 22 May 1911, Page 1
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