Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-24 | Page 4 | Still Thirty Occupations Uninvaded by Womenfolk

Still S Thirty Occupations i invaded UI by Womenfolk 10 There arc are women in irs all but 30 occupations oc oc- oc- oc out of a total of trades enumerated in the census This is one of the findings in a survey conducted by the professional and md business businesswomen's businesswomen's businesswomen's women's clubs What are some of ot the doors of or opportunity that still remain closed to women A glance l nce at the 1930 census report o of occupations will vill show There are no female plumbers plumber's apprentices apprentices ap ap- prentices in the United States state though there was one female master plumber in the country in 1930 There are arc areno areno no female boilermakers coopers mechanics printing pressmen pressmen press press- men roofers or rolling mill workers There arc are no women structural iron ironworkers ironworkers ironworkers workers bus conductors stable- stable hands locomotive engineers railroad conductors brakemen or switchmen There are arc no female soldiers sailors or marines in the employ of the United States In a number of ot occupations the women show the merest chemical trace This is 13 not an entering wedge but a survival In the last census there was one telephone one street cleaner one railroad perter porter porter por per ter one stonecutter one glassblower one lead or zinc miner But there were five streetcar nine coal miners 11 charcoal burners and actually nine blacksmiths 15 forecasters and 95 05