Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives
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Campbell Helen. Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives
PRISONERS OF POVERTY
PREFACE
CHAPTER FIRST. WORKER AND TRADE
CHAPTER SECOND. THE CASE OF ROSE HAGGERTY
CHAPTER THIRD. SOME METHODS OF A PROSPEROUS FIRM
CHAPTER FOURTH. THE BARGAIN COUNTER
CHAPTER FIFTH. A FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER
CHAPTER SIXTH. MORE METHODS OF PROSPEROUS FIRMS
CHAPTER SEVENTH. NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE GOSPEL
CHAPTER EIGHTH. THE TRUE STORY OF LOTTE BAUER
CHAPTER NINTH. THE EVOLUTION OF A JACKET
CHAPTER TENTH. BETWEEN THE RIVERS
CHAPTER ELEVENTH. UNDER THE BRIDGE AND BEYOND
CHAPTER TWELFTH. ONE OF THE FUR-SEWERS
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH. SOME DIFFICULTIES OF AN EMPLOYER WHO EXPERIMENTED
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH. THE WIDOW MALONEY’S BOARDERS
CHAPTER FIFTEENTH. AMONG THE SHOP-GIRLS
CHAPTER SIXTEENTH. TWO HOSPITAL BEDS
CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH. CHILD-WORKERS IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH. STEADY TRADES AND THEIR OUTLOOK
CHAPTER NINETEENTH. DOMESTIC SERVICE AND ITS PROBLEMS
CHAPTER TWENTIETH. MORE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST. END AND BEGINNING
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The chapters making up the present volume were prepared originally as a series of papers for the Sunday edition of “The New York Tribune,” and were based upon minutest personal research into the conditions described. Sketchy as the record may seem at points, it is a photograph from life; and the various characters, whether employers or employed, were all registered in case corroboration were needed. While research was limited to New York, the facts given are much the same for any large city, and thus have a value beyond their immediate application. No attempt at an understanding of the labor question as it faces us to-day can be successful till knowledge of its underlying conditions is assured.
It is such knowledge that the writer has aimed to present; and it takes more permanent form, not only for the many readers whose steady interest has been an added demand for faithful work, but, it is hoped, for a circle yet unreached, who, whether agreeing or disagreeing with the conclusions, still know that to learn the struggle and sorrow of the workers is the first step toward any genuine help.
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“Take it if you like,” he said indifferently, “but there’s no pay for that kind o’ work.”
He had counted her money as he spoke, and Rose cried out as she saw the sum.
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