The Nome nugget., 1902-12-03
"WOMAN AS A WAGE.EARNER.'

Apaper read at a meeting of the Woman's Club, of Nome entitled "Woman a Wage Earner,'' is SO full of disinterested facts and plain common that regret that the space at the disposal of this newspaper prevents its publication in full. The writer of the article to which refer is Mrs. o. E. King and she goes stra ght to her work and in erse sentences shows why has become a wage garner and why she will continue to keep the place she has attained in industrial pursuits and in profes- sional life. Mrs. King repels with considerable emphasis statement made that 'women workers the greatest curse that has come to the world of labor" Statistics produced to show that this is the 'voman's agc. That there is scarcely vocation into which she has entered and which she does not shine conspicuously, is affirmed Mrs King says: There are 5,3l99l women who engaged in reg ular employment, either employers directing busl- ness enterprises, in professional life or as wage sarners That is to say that 19 out of every 100 years of age doing work outside of their home duties for income Of these according to the last census of the United States. 2O00,0OO employed as domestics, 1915, ,S90 find employment in manuac turing, 344 ,94S are dressmakera, 5OOOOO in the law, medical. ministerial, teaching and other learned professions, including literature, architecture and scientific pursuits: another 100000 are engaged in trade and transportaon, besides S6142 who conduct
 
 who do not claim to be deessmakers. There are 575 who listed themselves carpenters and oners 175O are painters and glazisrs, 196 follow backsmthing and 126 are plumbers; about 100000 engaged in farming and gardening, and it is added that it is notable fact that every vocation except that of domes tic service is increasing in the proportion of woman workers we'll as in the actual number employed.
 Mrs. King finds that the "hired girl" problem is eve yea n1 he NOrtiO of girls and women who hire out for this service is decreasing constantly. She says there several reasons for ths all of them removable but she does not state what these reasons are She also finds that women are pushing into all fields of activity from which nature does not bar them, and the 'barred ream is a very small one, and just it would be difficult to define its limits"
 Instead of finding that woman has encroached upon mans work Mrs. King says that man took the initiative, in such work spinning, knitting, weav- ing, garment making cooking, preserving and dairy work and that there has been interchange rather than an invasion by women. She says Half of the worlds population is women, and at least half of the worlds work has been done by women, but within the last fifty years the industrial conditions Ina ve altered SO that where she did work in the home she must now do outside of the home and if in this process she has come in contact with the hitherto unknown conditions and exacons of this world, the only thing possible for her to do to make the best of them and to accept part of her lot of labor many things which she would gladly see changed" Women she says, instead of doing anything to lower the standard of wages constantly striving to get the standard raised.
 We are glad to know that Mrs. King is willing :bat should remain on the earth, for she says that she places Adam and Eve on the basis as she does man and woman of the present day. In fact she says that men and are very much aike in all respects, because when they hungry shey will try to get bread when they are cold they