Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-18 | Page 5 | In the Realm Woman

LIN THE REALM OF I L TilE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN AT WORK J I In ni the year eaT 11 out of or ever employee In the te cotton coton mills mie of at AmerIc Arner- Arner lea Ic women omen Yore wore Si 87 In 1531 1831 they ther w were re Rj I yn iV-yn By 50 thO the thoy had declined to 04 By Z y 10 10 Tn they d declined Ul further 0 to 6 Ci In the they were ere only 49 n And cotton Is II the great Kroat historical factory trade for women omen te gret In all al the fiVe factory trades so far tar mentioned mentioned mentioned-In In silk alk in boots and shoes In printing In wool and In Jn cot- cot ant JIT women ton l were wo werf less Important In than they had bud be been n fifty years bet before ore In the ta other ether five of or tho ten important import Import- ant factory trades In trades In bookbinding In In hosiery and knitting In shirts collars cuffs cutts arid and nd In lu to to- to bacco women gained on men in n nomo somo fomo Instances vcr very rapidly during the tho p pe period tied from 1860 1850 to 1900 r If It If however you tako the whole manufacturing and ond mechanical group group for 1850 and compare campara it with tho the whole manufacturing and ond m mechanical group tor for 1900 you will wt got this a astonishing result reful In 1850 out of every over 1000 per per- I sons engaged od In manufacturing and ond 36 mechanical pur pursuits were In 1900 noo they wore wort only 15 The popular notion that are I driving men out noton of ot factories is therefore therefore there there- toro toro- fore toro a delusion I It I would bo be equally a 0 delusion of course to think that the absolute number number num num- I ber of or women In factories has ha not In In- In creased Certainly it lute has increased Tho The point is 15 simply that the number of oC men men has Increased faster taster On the whole therefore it I may moy b be said without hesitation that while the woma In manufacturing and ma- ma rl notable blo increase In- In pursuits made mao a R not crease during tho the period perlo from 1870 to 1900 still tho the meaning of ot that Increase is greatly modified by tho the astonishing great I absolute decline of women in trades during recent years ears and by bytho bytho bytho tho equally astonishing relative de decline do- do dine cline of women compared with men In certain of tho the factory trades s during durin tho the lon longer er period from 1850 1860 to date From rom The Woman's Womans Invasion In