PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF WOMEN THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK 1910 COPYRIGHT, 1910 BY THE ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 5 _The Editor_ I HISTORICAL THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S WORK IN THE UNITED STATES 11 _Helen L. Sumner_ II PROBLEMS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY CHANGES IN WOMEN’S WORK IN BINDERIES 27 _Mary Van Kleeck_ THE TRAINING OF MILLINERY WORKERS 40 _Alice P. Barrows_ TRAINING FOR SALESMANSHIP 52 _Elizabeth B. Butler_ THE EDUCATION AND EFFICIENCY OF WOMEN 61 _Emily Greene Balch_ STANDARDS OF LIVING AND THE SELF-DEPENDENT WOMAN 72 _Susan M. Kingsbury_ A NEW SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT 81 _Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch_ INDUSTRIAL WORK OF MARRIED WOMEN 90 _Florence Kelley_ THE ECONOMICS OF “EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK” IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY 97 _John Martin_ III SOCIAL ACTION WOMEN AND THE TRADE-UNION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 109 _Alice Henry_ A WOMAN’S STRIKE--AN APPRECIATION OF THE SHIRT-WAIST MAKERS OF NEW YORK 119 _Helen Marot_ VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN 129 _Sarah Louise Arnold_ TRAINING THE YOUNGEST GIRLS FOR WAGE EARNING 140 _Mary Schenck Woolman_ EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS FOR WOMEN 151 _M. Edith Campbell_ THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECT OF THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 162 _Ernst Freund_ THE ILLINOIS TEN-HOUR DECISION 185 _Josephine Goldmark_ IV BIBLIOGRAPHICAL A SELECT LIST OF BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 188 _Carola Woerishoffer_ INTRODUCTION