Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-27
What Women Are Doing.

The women are the people nowadays.
and the extent to which they are
spreading their energies over the indus
trial field is wonderful. Apparently
there are only very few occupations
in which they are not engaged.
There are now in the United States,
according to the census figures just
published. no fewer than 3,405 women
clergymel. Four hundred and nine
women. in this country are professional
electricians. and "a are civil engineers
and surveyors. 1t might not be i'm
agined that wood -chopping was an en-
ployment to attract the gentler sex, and
yet 113 women make living in that
way.
One thousand and nine lawyers In
this country wear pettfcoats-an EMU
meration which does not take In DR..
Mary Walker, who pursues the legal
profession In pantaloons and frock
coat. OF women physicians and sur
geons there are 1889, and IA more are
veterinaries There are 7s7 women dem
tists-a rather surprising number, when
one comes to think Of it-and 324 wo-
men undertakers.
Inasmuch as in all ages 1t has been
the task of women to prepare the dead
for burial, 1t is rather surprising that
more Of them have not gone into under
taking. But one might suppose that
they were by no means so we'll equip
ped for running railway trains, and 1t
is surprising to learn that there are
| now in the United States As female
locomotive engineers ana flremen, and
seven female conductors on steam rail-
| roads Add to these 81 brakemen-or
should not one rather say brakewomen?
and 10 baggagewomen.
| What a treat it would be to see a
husky baggage-lady throw trunks into
car! But, for that matter, would 1t
not be even more enjoyable to listen to
female auctioneer? There are three
| women auctioneers in the United States
according to the new census. TWO
hundred and eighty-one women work
at gathering turpentine, and 81 make
living by keeping bees. There are u
female sextons-it would be interesting
to know II they dig the graves them
selves-and no fewer than 5,5S2 women
BARRIERS and hairdressers.
Four hundred and forty women are
bartenders, q stevedores. and 80 run ell
eyotors. One hundred and forty-two
are architects and draughtsmen. and 54b
are carpenters, while 1877 work as ma
sons in brick and stone. Within recent
wears newspaper work has attracted
many women, and 1t Is not surprising
| to find that there are 2,193 of them In
that profession. On the other hand, it
! Is little short of astonishing to learn
that 1920 professional hunters and
trappers wear petticoats.
There are IS female bootblacks In
| the United States, and five pilots. Nine
hundred and forty-six women make
living as commercial travellers, and 79
| work as hostlers, while 100 keep livery
stables. Six thousand six hundred and
sixty three girls and women are en-
ployed as errand and office boys, while
| 1871 are officials of banks and compa-
nies. One hundred and ninety-six are
blacksmiths, and eight women make
steel boilers.
There are in this country 1905 wom-
en- who earn a livelihood as fishermen
and oystermen. Six hundred and twen-
ty-four women are coal miners, So mine
for gold and silver, and 63 are quarry
men. There are actually two motor
men in petticoats employed on the
street railroads. In fact, women are<
represented in very nearly ever1
Of occupation, though as YET
barred from the army ~
have they thus far bes(
employment as tell
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