This book is composed of the economic records of self−supporting women living away from home in New York.
Their chronicles were given to the National Consumers League simply as a testimony to truth; and it is simply as a testimony to truth that these narratives are reprinted here.
Here are the chapters included inside the book:
CHAPTER I. THE INCOME AND OUTLAY OF SOME NEW YORK SALESWOMEN
CHAPTER II. THE SHIRT−WAIST MAKERS STRIKE
CHAPTER III. THE INCOME AND OUTLAY OF SOME NEW YORK FACTORY
WORKERS
CHAPTER IV. THE INCOME AND OUTLAY OF SOME NEW YORK
FACTORY−WORKERS
CHAPTER V. THE CLOAK MAKERS STRIKE AND THE PREFERENTIAL UNION SHOP
CHAPTER VI. WOMEN LAUNDRY WORKERS IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER VII. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AS APPLIED TO WOMENS WORK