During the early 20th century, the United States Bureau of Labor produced a 19-volume report on the condition of women and children working in factories. The report covers a wide range of industries, including textiles, canneries, and tobacco factories. A valuable resource for labor historians and those interested in the social history of 19th century America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-Earners in the United States, Vol. 5 of 19: Wage-Earning Women in Stories and Factories Sir: In partial compliance with the Senate resolution of May 25, 1910, I beg to transmit herewith the report showing the results of an investigation into the living conditions of wage-earning women in department and other retail stores and in factories in certain cities. This report has just been completed, and is the fifth section available for transmission of the larger report on the investigation carried on in accordance with the act of Congress approved January 29, 1907, which provided "That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate and report on the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical condition of woman and child workers in the United States wherever employed, with special reference to their age, hours of labor, term of employment, health, illiteracy, sanitary and other conditions surrounding their occupation, and the means employed for the protection of their health, person, and morals." The remaining sections of the general report are being completed as rapidly as possible and will each be transmitted at the earliest practicable moment. Sir: I beg to transmit herewith Volume V of the report on woman and child wage-earners in the United States which relates to the wage-earning women employed in department and other retail stores and in factories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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