Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-19 | Page 20 | Economic Status Fo U. S. Women Sought in Governmental Studies

Economic nic St Status of U. U S. S Women Sought in ii G Governmental St Studies dies WASHINGTON AP AP view Viewed d in national perspective womans woman's place In t the tho onward weep of ot Industry Is Js being nn analyzed In A n do dozen n special fel now In lU P process or of tion tIo by th the women's bureau of or the department of ot f labor ab l' l Tal Taken n together these studies s for J ah an an enlightening commentary on 01 tho the trend of ot the tile times times' timeS away away from a a womans woman's world that c centers in hi the thel the home l mp toward a civilization wherein economic pressure prevails up upon n women to b become c mo wase wage earners S In 11 behalf of the working of of the tile United States th the thO women's bureau only government unitt maImed manned entirely by bi omen women keeps keep forty forty highly trained re ear h specialists at work prk J on on field surveys survey personal Interviews compilations and tabulation of or data Each Ench re report report ye- ye port they make represents a 6 serious stud study tho the result of or many months of ot I scientifically directed effort Only studies of ot national significance or or 01 those requested by by- individual stat states are attempted The laundry and the five and ten tent have been found to bulk large In Iri tile the l national industrial scheme T Two most In In- In studies under nd r. r way concern concern them In 90 laundries In In t twenty three cities clUes women workers were were canvassed and it tt as waa found that 27 pe per cent ent of or trl them n ni-kerO ni were r more Inore than 40 years cars of age On fourth One fourth of ot them approximately the same per percent percent cent were welO widowed separated dr dl divorced Of Ot 1 1300 90 who specifically answered ered the tho question of or Vh why they went ve erit t to work orl per cent replied necessity Eighteen stales were included in the thc five fhe and nd ten study titled Women Wo men nien in Limited 1 Price c Department nl Store Chains s. s It was vas Ip learned that almost 86 85 per per cent of ot the workers were were were- very young oung S Another national trend is the slow h but t distinct industrial pro pro- ress Teas of ot the negro woman While it Il was found th that t large groups of of 61 m negro negro lo women still in th tho unskilled unskilled un skilled labor class a considerable number had gone gOlie imo bno machine op op op- crating Field workers found one ono onon n negro gro religious paper where all the work ork wa was done b by women women In a a. type study of Philadelphia and th the LehIgh valley atley the bureau found th that t the r f born foreign woman woman deserves gr great at credit f for r the place she la carving for herself in Iri American industry Speaking little or no English with no factory experience such women men success success- ss- ss fully seek eek and hold bold Jobs Of Ot 2146 personally well over over halt half were ma married and living with their husbands Ea Each h investigation brings more sharply to to attention n tho the married woman in tn industry and the bureau hop hopes hopes' s' s sS s'S S soon O l to bo boo able to make a comprehensive e study of or that sub cub