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
Women[12] │ │ │ │ │ 2.50│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ .30│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ to│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 1.00│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Laundry │ 150│ All│10-13│ │$3.50│ │ │
Employees │ │yr[13]│ │ │ to│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │$6.00│ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Cannery │ 651[14]│4 mos.│ 10½│ .05│ │ │ │
Employees │ 142│ All│to 14│ to│ │ │ │
│ │ year│ │ .15│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Coffee │ 70│8 mos.│ 9│ │ │ $3.00│ │
Sorting and│ │ │ │ │ │ to│ │
Packing │ │ │ │ │ │ $7.00│ │
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Footnote 11:
Clerks in the Chinese and Japanese small shops.
Footnote 12:
Home employment.
Footnote 13:
Largest number employed in winter season.
Footnote 14:
Maximum number.
(Note)—It was not possible to give seasonal or even weekly earnings in
the canneries, because of the irregularity both of the hours during
which the canneries were open, and the variation in the hours worked by
different employees.
GLOSSARY OF HAWAIIAN TERMS
ALOHA—Good will; friendship.
KONA—South; hot.
KAMAAINA—Old settlers; long time residents.
POPOLA—Wild spinach, valued as a food for its medicinal properties.
LEI—A garland for the neck or hat made of flowers, shells, seeds, etc.
POI—Pounded root of the Taro plant—the staple native food.
TAPA—A stencilled material made by the pounded fibre of a native tree;
and formerly used for making the chief article of dress by the
natives.
LAUHALA—A native shrub, growing ten to fifteen feet in height, with
lance-like leaves which when dried are used for mats, baskets,
etc.
PAPAIA—A native fruit, somewhat like a muskmelon.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
2. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as
printed.
3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.
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