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Industry

Number of women

Industry

Number of women

Ale and malt

Agricultural implements

Artificial flowers

Hairs

Baskets

Bakers

Bleachers, dyers, and scot.-

Bone and ivory makers

Books, etc

Bottles and mineral waters ....

Boxes

Brass workers

Bricks and tiles

Britannia and japanned ware. .

Brooms and brushes

Button

Cabinet

Candles, soap and tallow

Carpet

Carriages and wagons

Cheese *."

In chemical works

Cigar makers

Clock and watch makers

Confectionery

Copper workers

In cotton mills

In distilleries

In manufactures (not specified).

In fertilizer works

Making files, cutters, grinders. Flax dressers

61

12 2,887

739 i,596 1,063

649 171

5J9I 69

7,130

737

68

114

642

2,392 480 205

7,106 138 340 414

5,332

1,818

i, 800 16

91,479

8

8,651

12

22

990

Fur workers

Galloon, gimp, and tassel ma- kers

Glass

Glove

Gold and silver works

I lair workers

Harness and saddle makers. .

Hat and caps

Hosiery and knitting

Iron and steel works

Lace makers

Leather case and pocket book

Other leather works

Preserving meat and fruit. . ..

Mill and factory operatives (not specified)

Meat packers

Oil-mill and refinery opera- tives

Paper mill

Print works

Rubber factory

Sewing-machine factory opera- tives

Sewing-machine operatives. ..

Shirt, collar, and cuff makers.

Silk-mill operatives

Straw workers

Tobacco-factory operatives. ..

Woolen-mill operatives

616

1,542

564

i,953

1,967

999

i,55i

3,856

7,860

402

1,454

324

200

832

8,186

325

32 6,179

1,101

2,058

61

5,805 8,660

9,211

2,698

5,536

35.506

It will be noticed that by far the greatest number of women are employed in the cotton and woolen factories^ and the majority of these are in the eastern states.

The struggle for remedial legislation was a long one, and it was fought out first in Massachusetts, which seems natural as it was there that the American factory system had its birth. We may well study the history of the reform movement there.

As early as 1831-2 we find slight agitation, but no definite action in respect to women was taken until 1874, when the "ten- hour law" was passed. By this the work of children under eighteen years, and of women was limited to sixty hours per week. Over thirty years prior (1842) the work of children under