WORK FOR WOMEN
BY
GEORGE J. MANSON
NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
27 & 29 WEST 23D STREET
1883
COPYRIGHT BY
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
1883
[p.iii] PREFACE.
When a woman, either from choice or through necessity, makes up her mindto work for a living, and has selected the employment that seems mostsuited to her, she probably asks herself such questions as these: "Isthere a good chance to get work? How long will it take me to make myselfcompetent? Are there many in the business? How much do they earn? Howhard will I have to work? Are there any objections against entering thisemployment; if so, what are they?"
To answer, as far as it is possible, these and similar questions is theobject of this little book. Some of the most important avocations,professions, trades, businesses, in which women are now engaged, havebeen selected, and the effort made to enlighten the would-bewoman-worker [p.iv] as to the practical points of interest connectedwith each occupation. The information thus given has, in each case, beengained from the most reliable sources.
In the winter of 1882-3 I contributed to the columns of the New YorkChristian Union a series of articles under the title of "Work forWomen." They were written with the aim of furnishing to women usefulinformation in regard to various industries in which the gentler sex aresuccessfully seeking employment, and met with considerable favor fromthe readers of that excellent journal. Through the courtesy of Rev.Lyman Abbott and Hamilton W. Mabie, editors of the Christian Union,the publishers of this book are allowed to use the title of that series.It should be stated, however, that the chapters in the present book aremade up from new investigations, and that none of them are reproductionsof any of the articles in the series alluded to. G. J. M.