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WOMEN IN THE FACTORY
All rights reserved.
WOMEN IN THE FACTORY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADVENTURE, 1893 TO 1921
BY ADELAIDE MARY ANDERSON
D.B.E., M.A.
FORMERLY HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL LADY INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES, HOME OFFICE
FOREWORD BY THE
RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT CAVE, G.C.M.G.
LORD OF APPEAL; FORMERLY HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
“Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour.”
Leonardo da Vinci.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
1922
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
BILLING AND SONS, LTD., GUILDFORD AND ESHER
DEDICATED TO
ALL WOMEN WORKERS
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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