Making Both Ends Meet: The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark et al.
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"Making Both Ends Meet: The Income and Outlay of New York Working Girls" by Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt is a social study published in the early 20th century. The book examines the economic realities faced by self-supporting women workers in New York City, specifically focusing on their income, expenses, and the working conditions they endure. The study aims to shed light on the struggles of various working women, such as
saleswomen and factory workers, and the broader implications of their experiences on society. The opening of this work outlines the purpose of the study initiated by the National Consumers' League to investigate the financial and social conditions of women workers. It discusses the methodology employed by the authors in collecting data from interviews and personal accounts of the lives of these women. The first chapter specifically highlights the experiences of saleswomen, detailing their low wages, long hours, and the challenges they face in making a living. One narrative shared is that of Lucy Cleaver, who illustrates the hardships of balancing a meager income with the high costs of living in New York, providing a human face to the economic statistics. The authors utilize these accounts to paint a vivid picture of the larger social issues impacting the working-class women of their time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Clark, Sue Ainslie |
|---|---|
| Author | Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 |
| LoC No. | 11023370 |
| Title | Making Both Ends Meet: The income and outlay of New York working girls |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production |
| Subject | Women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York |
| Subject | Wages -- New York (State) -- New York |
| Subject | Cost and standard of living -- New York (State) -- New York |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14798 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-14798-7 |
| Release Date | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 659 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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