Wraps
1913 · Washington DC
by Obenauer, Marie Louise.
Washington DC: Bureau of Labor Statistics , U.S. Department of Labor , 1913. Wraps. Good. 92p., 16 plates: women operating ironers (1 African American), laundry machinery. 9" x 6" in printed wrapper. Lacking lower wrap, upper chipped, few pencil marks in text. Power laundries were an industry that primarily employed women. Marie Louise Obenauer completed this study of 31 laundries, evaluating both the working conditions and the physical demands placed on women. She includes a statistical analysis of the age, ethnicity, work experience, pay, and hours of work for over 500 of the women. (Inventory #: 1881)