The Women of Tomorrow

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William Hard. The Women of Tomorrow

The Women of Tomorrow

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. Love Deferred

II. Learning for Earning

VEGETABLES DEPARTMENT

PACKING-HOUSE DEPARTMENT

LIQUOR DEPARTMENT

CREAMERY DEPARTMENT

CLEANING DEPARTMENT

FRUIT DEPARTMENT

BREAKFAST-FOOD DEPARTMENT

LIGHTING DEPARTMENT

III. Learning for Spending

IV. The Wasters

V. Mothers of the World

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William Hard

Published by Good Press, 2021

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T—— V——. Sister of S—— V——, who doesn’t think much of her. She works in a paper-box factory at five dollars a week and is engaged to a glove cutter who makes eleven.

T—— A——. Saleswoman. Thinks women ought to be paid as much as men. “Then they wouldn’t be so ready to marry anybody.” Works in the cloak department. Is a star. Makes about eighteen dollars a week. Says that most of the men she knows who could support her would certainly get in a terrible row at home if they married a cloak-department girl. Families are stuck up. “But I don’t care; let it run a while. Tell you something. I was born in the steerage. I’ve been right where the money isn’t. I’m not taking any chances on getting there again. Let Georgina do it.”

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