Saleswomen In Mercantile Stores

Author : Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265230695
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores written by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores: Baltimore, 1909 N the latter part Of 1908 the Consumers' League of Maryland, desiring to prepare a white list Of stores, asked the Russell Sage Foundation to send Miss Elizabeth B. Butler, who had recently investigated for the Pittsburgh Survey the conditions under which Pittsburgh women worked, * to make a similar study in mercantile stores in Baltimore. The Foundation readily acceded to this request, believing that it Offered an Opportunity to Obtain important in formation that would be Oi general value. The investigation was begun in January, 1909, on a co-operative basis. The Consumers' League Of Maryland paid Miss Butler's salary and expenses for the months during which she was engaged in the examination Of stores in Baltimore, while the Foundation assumed the responsibility for her report and for its publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.