Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-18
WOMEN WORKERS INCREASE
VASTLY AS BUSINESS GAINS
Census Bureau Indicates 10000 600 Women and Girls
Will Enter Manufacturing. Mining, Agriculture
Etc. as Economic Pressure Abacs

".,SiIINGToN. Sept, li.-HearIy
l''ooo,ooo women ana. yo"nr rirls viii
be drawn into activc-Wora Ia mann.
featuring mining. agriculture and :,
score q; other liucs OF ond"avor as
the nation vide economic depression
continues 10 dissolve. reports Of tn,
C"nsuH Burcnu Indicate
Women, though harder hit than
men h! shutdowns. layons ana wage
reductions. are staging an energetic
comeback ia the hattie to win ana
hold the industrial Importance They
gained during, tn" war
The 1910 ccnSu' shows morc than
100000 women were reported as
Regularly employed
Twenty in each 100 wag" carnors
aud saiariod workers In tn" United
states nov are women and girls. IT,.
official reports show.
Gaining New Jobs Daily.
Md women are gaining :icv' posi-
lions daily. one OF each FIVE women
and girls in the United S;a:cg now
engages regularly in some occupati N
N which she carna enough u sIppurs
herself partially or entirely
And the number who are financially
independent Is far greater. the rec
ords shot than the number who cH-
gage in rainful occupations only TO
earn partial support.
The Census Eurcau for several de-
cados has been able 10 classify women
workers in nine general lines Of en-
,crpr!sc. The records show that The
number OF women workers is con-
,irually growing IN agricultural
pursuits, for instance. women CON
siltui"d about - per cent OF the total
number Of workers.
In manufacturing women WORKERS
comprise approximately lG per Goa, o.
all workers Under The healing
TRADE" the bureau lists - per cent
women, ana in professional service
tincluding Dch"ol t.aching) about i.
per cent. IN clerical occupations tho
proportion is CO per cent male and 80
per cent female.
In public service women comprise
only or per cent, but slightly more
IN transportation. In a recent bulle-
tin tho Interstate Commerce CommIs-
sion showed that women. besides sell
ing tickets ana acting as arcnts At
stations. are even transmitting mes
sngcs. clcrkinG in roundhouscs and
cleaning engines.
y list OF tho positions occupied by
women includes several hundred lines
Of activity. 4 few OF the most un-
usual are stock herdcrs. dairy farm
crs. farm iaborcrs. typcsetters. mail
carriers. real estate agents, BARRIERS
sections ard coal mincNs
Women. even with n return OF Geo.
nomic activity throughout the coun-
try. will! not hc drawn into industry
in the same proportion as during the
war. Government officials believe.
Neither Will they compete with male
workers 20 the dctrimcnt of the lat :
ter. officials say. at least in the long
run.
Home Making Not Hurt.
Despite their anxiety 10 engage in
active work, women arc not permit :
ting this TO interfere with home MAX :
ing, IL is made clear. Approx imatcly
100000 women will marry and cs-
tablish homes this year. reports indi-
cate. only small proportion OF
these married women return To their
Jobs except when they become wild
owed.
70 take their places another million
young girls OF sixteen are pressing
forward. The reports show approx
matcly 100000 women between the
ages of sixteen and twenty are en-
ploycd during normal times. II is also
shown that approximately Ic per cent
of all women marry before they reach
the age of twenty.
At this rate the employer may cx-