Averting the "Common Tragedies [...] Among Unmoneyed, Untrained Women Of Every Class" By Allowing Women To Work

Women's History, Women Employment

Pamphlet

[Women's Employment] MABEL, Robert F. Our Working Women and Their Earnings. [United States, 1887]. First Edition. 13 pages, measuring approximately 6" x 10" inches. At the time that this description is being written, no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. The article begins, "We, as a nation, have made no effort to teach our redundant female population to support itself, although our position as a mother of colonies leaves us with a steadily increasing proportion of women who, through the emigration of their male relatives, are forces to provide for themselves...." and concludes that "[a woman's] technical training will have still done her a good service in quickening her intelligence, and in thus making her a wiser mother to her children, and a more sympathetic companion to her husband, above all in banishing much care by ensuring to her a means of livelihood in case of need." A compassionate, thoughtful appraisal of the state of women's labor and financial prospects in the United States, backed up by employment and pay statistics from the end of the 19th century. Cleanly disbound. Chipped along top edge. Toning. Pages clean and uncreased. Overall in good condition.

Item #17433

Price: $220.00