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When this study was undertaken, women comprised some 20 percent of the American labor force. Yet only one previous effort had been made to determine the social characteristics and occupations of the female work force. In terms of its comprehensive detail, this pioneering statistical study has yet to be superseded, and it provides valuable materials for labor historians and women's studies scholars alike.U. S. Bureau of the Census Staff is the author of 'Women in Gainful Occupations, 1870 to 1920 A Study of the Trend of Recent Changes in the Numbers, Occupational Distribution, and Family Relationship', published 1978 under ISBN 9780313206795 and ISBN 0313206791.
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