Married Women's Work. Being the Report of an Enquiry by Clementina Black

By Clementina Black

The enquiries on which this document of the economic paintings of married girls and widows was once dependent have been made ordinarily in the course of the years 1909 and 1919 The hold up within the e-book of the document has been as a result of many factors, of which the newest is the ecu warfare. This hold up isn't one wherein the e-book suffers, due to the fact that as much as the outbreak of warfare the stipulations defined endured to be triumphant. those stipulations of Englishwomen slife and later occasions have proven to be unequal to the tension brought on by the conflict. it's was hoping designated realisation of what those stipulations have been could be a genuine aid in the direction of that large social reconstruction that is now obvious to be wanted. The thank you of the Council are as a result of a wide physique of investigators who've visited in my opinion each case recorded during this booklet. The impressive accuracy in their details is clear from the truth that these types of separate witnesses inform virtually a similar tale. not anything has struck me extra in going over the full of the papers than the similarity of the final evidence.

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The steadiness and kindness of several husbands is incidentally indicated only two husbands definitely bad appear, and the history of one of these justifies the visitor's remark that he was now quite demented. s showed extreme and undeserved hardships as usual those in which there were or some similar quality is ; ; ; consumptive husbands are heartrending. Very few hus- LONDON bands had regular employment 25 three or four wives deplored the necessity of going to work, and about as many expressed pleasure in their occupation.

3 The silk costs more than the thread. 3 4 „ One feller said she could make five pairs at 8d. in an another who did chiefly longer gloves, reckoned three pairs to the hour. Rates of pay had fallen. hour ; CARPET SEWERS. /' Four cases of upholsteresses appear. / Three of these were those of carpet sewers the fourth had been trained in various branches of the trade. Of the carpet sewers two were widows, of whom No. the same trade before marriage, No. 2 was in service, y No. 1 was earning 15/- weekly, apparently at a set wage in a good West End shop, lived in a good flat at a rent of about 10/- a week, and had three children earning, besides one at school.

Rates of pay had fallen. hour ; CARPET SEWERS. /' Four cases of upholsteresses appear. / Three of these were those of carpet sewers the fourth had been trained in various branches of the trade. Of the carpet sewers two were widows, of whom No. the same trade before marriage, No. 2 was in service, y No. 1 was earning 15/- weekly, apparently at a set wage in a good West End shop, lived in a good flat at a rent of about 10/- a week, and had three children earning, besides one at school. No. 2, an older woman, had but one crippled son, who, however, earned some; , LONDON thing, and had lost 27 seven children, most of quite young, chiefly of consumption.

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