The Industrial Condition of Women and Girls in Honolulu: A Social Study — John Shaqi
The Industrial Condition of Women and Girls in Honolulu: A Social StudyBlascoer, Frances
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The Industrial Condition of Women and Girls in Honolulu: A Social Study
Blascoer, Frances
Child labor -- Hawaii -- Honolulu; Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Social conditions; Women -- Employment -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
Miss Blascoer’s report on the industrial conditions of women and girls,
it is believed, will prove a basis for the working out of many programs
for community betterment. May it prove rich in suggestion to the women
of Honolulu. May all put shoulder to shoulder in the task of solving the
industrial problem of the girls and women in our midst, and may it give
to those who earnestly seek, a mission, a vision of great opportunities.
To those who give and to those who receive, may there result a meeting,
not at the “crossroads” of mistrust and suspicion, but on the “main
traveled thoroughfare” which leads to mutual helpfulness. Hasten the day
of its arriving!
IDA M. POPE,
President, Board of Trustees of Kaiulani Home.
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KAIULANI HOME FOR GIRLS
The Industrial Committee of the Social Survey is composed of the
following members:—
Bishop Restarick,
Miss Ida M. Pope,
Father Stephen,
Dr. Doremus Scudder,
Professor Edgar Wood,
Mrs. May Wilcox,
President A. F. Griffiths,
Miss Kemp (who takes Miss Bosher’s place),
Mrs. Walter F. Frear,
Mrs. Frederick J. Lowrey,
Miss Louise Gulick,
Miss Nora Sturgeon,
Mrs. Francis M. Swanzy, Chairman.
Its mission of inquiry into the condition of working girls and women in
Honolulu has been conducted by three sub-committees, viz.—
(1) On Conditions in Homes.
(2) On Conditions of Work.
(3) On Conditions of Recreations and Amusements.
The first work done was in the way of inquiry into certain individual
cases presented by Miss Blascoer; this brought helpful results. A
seamstress inquiry was made by Mesdames Frear, Lowrey, Wilcox and
Swanzy, in which 250 circulars were sent out. The various responses
emphasize strongly the need of a training school for unskilled workers
in this line. A stenographer and typewriter inquiry was conducted by
Professor Wood, assisted by Messrs. George R. Carter, Walter Dillingham,
A. F. Judd, G. P. Wilder and W. H. Baird, temporary members of the
Sub-committee on Conditions of Work and constituting a representative
group of business men especially interested. Perhaps the most
interesting as well as most valuable inquiry was that into the social
activities of the community, its Recreations and Amusements. President
Griffiths prepared a list of the Public Amusements and, assisted by some
twenty-six persons, undertook the investigation of the theatres, moving
picture shows, dance halls, and parks. Mrs. Frear personally made a most
exhaustive inquiry into the social activities of the many Churches of
Honolulu, and Misses Bosher and Kemp did the same for the Schools; Miss
Gulick did the work for the Missions and Settlements, Mrs. Lowrey for
the several Miscellaneous Associations, while Mrs. Swanzy collected
information regarding the fifty-odd Lodges and Fraternal Organizations.
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