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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1954
Page
11
The article traces female labor from colonial home spinning to the rise of domestic cotton mills. It notes Puritan views, spinning schools, and women replacing absent husbands during the Revolution. By 1789 first cotton mills began employing women, with 1810–40 mill girls seen as pioneers who combined work and self improvement.
In a Herald Tribune interview Mrs. Ogden Reid outlines her rise from Barnard staffer to chairman of Barnard and the Herald Tribune. She stresses merit and experience for women, notes secretarial work as admin training, and cites notable women leaders such as Oveta Hobby and Dorothy Shaver.
A Harvard Business School survey shows growing acceptance of married women in executive roles and highlights training as key. The piece traces shifts from colonial times when work for married women was scarce to the 1920s transition, noting biases, legal changes, and the impact of management training on future wives and career paths.
The article traces a rise in female employment from under ten percent in 1870 to almost nineteen million today, driven by mass production, education, urbanization, lower birth rates, and changing social norms. It notes clerical and factory work as major fields and highlights policy, unions, and world wars as key accelerators.
The article surveys 1948 reforms in state and industry labor laws affecting women. It notes nine hour daily limits in about ten states, weekly caps mostly 50 to 54 hours, Arkansas lacking weekly hours but enforcing six day weeks, and meals, days per week, and occupational limits varying by state and industry.
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