New-York tribune., 1903-01-01
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.
Circular Letter on Appointment of Women.

The question Of a woman's chances to get into
the government service under present conditions
is one that has been worrying the members OF
Congress whose feminine constituents desire to
obtain enpIoyment in the departments here, and
who call upon their Representative or Senator to
intercede for them says The Washington Star.
The Civil Service Commission has received hun
dreds of letters from members Of Congress request
ing Information regarding this matter. and II was
some time before satisfactory form of reply was
agreed upon. The commission did not desire to
hold out false hopes to the women Of the country,
officials OF that bureau state, and they desired
TO tell the plain truth. They worked for some time
over this matter and finally, through the exertcns
of the chief examiner and his staff, succeeded in
compiling letter which can be revised from time
time to bring it up to date, but which will last
as long as the office itself. This letter contains
statistics to the appointment OF women during
the year prior to that in which it was written and
the year preceding. In the letter. which follows,
is found carefully prepared statement OF the
positions to which have been appointed dur
ing the last fiscal year and the year preceding
and is a copy of that which has been sent through
out the country by Representatives in Congress in
presenting the exact condition of the service to
their constituents:
WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
In reply your request to be Informed of the
portunity for Mrs. to appointment
through examination your attention is called
the following information regarding the appoint
ruent of women through the commissions exami-
nations:
During the last fiscal year the largest number
of appointments from any particular examjna-
tion was from the printers assistant examination
for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, from
which 3Ss were appointed: during the prior year 2l4
were appointed from this examination. Eighty
two were appointed from the skilled labor exami-
nation while during the prior year ffty-seven were
so appointed. Thirteen were appointed from the
oopsrtrnentaI clerk examination, while during the
prior year four appointed. During the last
year thirJyseven were appointed to the position of
nlatron in the Indian service, while thirty were
appointed during the preceding year Twenty-one
were appointed to the position of seamstress last
year and twenty-sx to this position the prior year
Twenty-one appointed TO different positions
at the mints and assay otfices. principally as ad-
justers while four were appointed the prior year.
Thirtv-one press feeders appointed in the
Government Printing Office against twenty-five
appointments to this position the preceding year
-Four were appointed from the first grade and four
from the third grade examinations In the different
custom houses during the year. while the prior
wear two we're appointed from the first grade and
one from the third grade examination one hundred
and sixty-fve were appointed in the different
classified postofices during the year. while Los were
iFrom the registration or non -educational; ex-
anina tons during the last year women were ap-
pointed as follows: Attendant Government ] Hospi-
baker. g. cook 5f iaundress. 81: matron. Freed
n&T @pnrins the prior year the appointments from
this class of examinations were: AttenGani, 10Y
eminent Hospital d6 dGr fhe @ IanndFess % IS: mail bag
sewer /; sewer and bobbin winder J.
SPECIAL SKILL REQUIRED
An of the other examinations from winch ap-
rotntments of women made during the last
two wears required some special or technical skill
or knowledge as shown by the following list:
For the year ended June 80. 1902: Artist l. SCI
entfac assistant 1: assistant microscopist I; COOK
,vnewrter A. clerk-stenogra pher- typewriter, land
office 2; computer Coast and Geodetc survey, -
counter government paper mill, i; industrial teach
er 4; kindergarten teacher T. teacher, "a trance
nurse 3; register and receivers clerk 8; scientific
aid J. stenographer, 2; stenogTapher ana TYPE
writer a. typewriter, 1; zooogicaI cierk' H. cUn1i
nositor 4 public document cataloguer /; Internal
Revenue service. /: Philippine service, stenogra-
nher and typewriter. 4 . .,,oo,o |
Year ended June 3o 1901: Assistant assist etnn1Ss1c 6 !
librarian 1: book typewriter H.
tvrewriter land office 3: computer. Coast ana SEQ
detc Survey. ,; computei naNai 5tf,s
ronter oVernment paper mill ); sclentlnc asSisi-
= ~ ?. Topographic craftsman, i kindef fsartefl
cber hi. music teacher 2. teacher, 70: frataed
5rse 8 librarian. register and receive c!erk, rs
sfenoersDher 9 stenographer ana typeWfls95t -
,,rerinferdent and head nurse Freedman s f5ospi1
tst !: telephone operator, i: typewriter Z; cata
eoxsrnTnent printing service. /; assls'lbt 10
beokh hinder customs service l.