The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-21
Employers
Hit Neglect
of Family

b. Times epccidt
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Increasing
employment Of women in industries,
dur to the constant introduction Of
machinery into business, has led to
a serious discussion of the question:
.Are married or single women pre-
ferable in responsible positions?"
Anna Steese Richardson, conduct
ing a survey in behalf of woman's
Home Companion, has brought forth
seven specific statements in which
business firms Overwhelmingly pre-
fer unmarried women, but the OPP
posing opinion is so clear that an
additional investigation will be con-
Quoted to determine whether the
married woman is of more economic
value as a home executive or as an
employe helping to increase the
family budget.
There are three times as many
women in industry as there we're
twenty-five years ago, the search
proves.
Doesn't want wives
Mrs. Richardson's survey may re
summed up as follows:
l. From a company which en-
ploys $500 women when a girl
marries. she automatically leaves
our employ. Marriage and mother
hood are institutions which should
have the undivided interest of wife
and mother. Any woman who would
neglect her family to work away
from home is the type of employe
we do not want"
.. Personnel officer of a big life
insurance company: 1T is an I'M
written law of this organization that
no married woman shall be en-
ployed. 1t is not question of eff
cheney. We do not think that jobs
should be given to women whose
husbands are capable Of supporting
them, however simply. A double
source of income has a bad effect
on the morale of other women on
the staff
3. President of a publishing COM
pany. after replacing many men
employees during the war with
women, we surveyed employees
recently and found married women
we're losing more time and were
tardier than single women. Two
months time out for motherhood
put the burden of work on Sympa-
thetic colleagues and the work was
halfway done. It's matter of
business. We now ask for the
resignation of girl announcing
her engagement. A married wom-
ans interest is divided, as it should
be, A man who marries. gives an
added value to his firm because he
feels an added responsibility"
when They Leave, They Stay
4. An utilities company; we
encourage marriage among our
women employees and make a social
-event of the announcements of their
engagements. But we allow the reg
-ulation two weeks for a honeymoon
zand if the woman leaves to have a
baby, she has left permanently so
@far as we are concerned. She
smust take her chance with new en-
ployes.
s 5. Personnel officer of large de-
partment store: 1T makes no diff
ference to us whether a man or
woman is married or single Each
new employe is an individual case.
The woman who can not concen-
trate on her work at the store be-
cause she has a child, would be
worthless if she were single"
6. From a bank employing many
women: I'VE put married and
single women at different kinds of
work Married women are apt to
leave if their husbands become pros
i porous or their financial burdens
3 are relieved. Single women are am
ehitious and as permanent as human
beings can be. Our skilled women
workers marry late, continue in the
bank and rarely have children.