WOMEN’S WORK: LITERARY, PROFESSIONAL, AND ARTISTIC 1 CHAPTER II. WOMEN’S WORK: CLERICAL AND COMMERCIAL 39 CHAPTER III. WOMEN AND TRADE UNIONS 66 CHAPTER IV. THE TEXTILE TRADES 93 CHAPTER V. MISCELLANEOUS TRADES 109 CHAPTER VI. INFLUENCE OF OCCUPATION ON HEALTH 119 CHAPTER VII. INFANT MORTALITY 140 CHAPTER VIII. LEGISLATION 150 CHAPTER I. _WOMEN’S WORK: LITERARY, PROFESSIONAL, AND ARTISTIC._ General characteristics--Classification--LITERATURE: Fiction--Journalism--TEACHING: Recent changes--Day _v._ Resident Posts--High Schools--Advantages and Disadvantages--Hours and Salaries--Report of Committee of Enquiry--Fees--Elementary Schools--Table of Salaries--London School Board--Voluntary _v._ Secondary Schools--Domestic Economy--Demand for teachers--New openings--Higher teaching posts--RELIGION and PHILANTHROPY: Increased employment of women--Women preachers--LAW: Present position of affairs--Conveyancing--MEDICINE: Progress made--Prospects--Recent appointments--India--Pharmacy--Dentistry--Midwifery--NURSING: Inadequate arrangements--Remuneration--ART: Music, Painting, Sculpture--Obstacles to progress--Remuneration--THE STAGE: Prospects--The Ballet and its remuneration--HANDICRAFTS: Artistic crafts--Pottery--Jewellery--Lithography--Engraving--GENERAL CONCLUSIONS: Social hindrances.