INDEX.
Reading edition
AGES OF WORKERS, 203
Apprenticeship, 55-62
BIBLE SOCIETY CONTROVERSIES, 32-36
Birmingham, Trades in, 179-183
Blackbordering Described, 12
Bond, Mrs., 38
Bookbinders' Agreement, 7-9
Bookbinders and Tea Half-hour, 31
Bookbinding Described, 3
Bookfolders' Union, 38
Bookfolding, 3
CENSUS FIGURES, 17-21, 203
Character in Relation to Work, 11, 67, 85
(footnote), 111
Children's Employment Commission, 1862-66 ... 69-71
Compositors, Women:
Apprenticeship, 62
Birmingham, 179
Edinburgh, 29, 45, 47
(footnote), 48
(footnote), 49
(footnote), 74
Glasgow, 172
Historical, 24-25
Legislation, 74, 75
London, 27-28
Miscellaneous Places, 46
Perth, 29, 45-46, 47
Work done by, 46, 47
Conditions of Employment, 1866 ... 69-71
DINING ARRANGEMENTS AT WORKS, 161
EMPLOYERS AND WOMEN'S UNIONS, 37, 42
Envelope-making Described, 11
FACTORY LAW. See Legislation.
Family Health and Women's Work, 112
See also Health
Family Life and Women Workers, 67, 102-106
"Folding-houses," 76-78
GENTILITY, 67
Girls v. Women, 53, 96
Glasgow, Trades in, 170-178
HEALTH, 10, 11, 16, 66, 88-89, 112
See also Sections under Typical Firms, 141-169
Home-work, 99-101, 152, 157, 176, 181
Nos. Employed, 21, 99
and Legislation, 75-76
and Machinery, 99, 148
and Organisation, 202
Hours in Glasgow, 171, 172, 175, 177, 178
Hours in Birmingham, 180, 181, 183
See also Sections under Typical Firms, 141-169
ILLUMINATING DESCRIBED, 13
JOB HANDS, 3, 79, 137, 169
Wages, 137
LEGISLATION:
Conditions before Legislation, 69-71, 84-86
Economic and Industrial Effects, 73-93, 147, 151, 166, 171, 179, 183
Employers' Opinions, 81-84, 91-93
Employees' Opinions, 84-86, 87
Forewomen's Opinions, 86
Home-work, 75-76, 101
Limitation of Employment, 75, 89
Machinery, 73-74
Married Women, 84
Nightwork, 71, 78, 80, 81, 82, 89, 152
Provisions of the Law, 71-73
Wages, 79, 90, 91
Want of Elasticity, 91-93
Women Compositors, 74
See also Overtime.
Letterpress Printing Described, 2
Lithography Described, 10
Health, 10
London Society of Compositors and Women, 26, 27-28
London Trades Council and Women, 36
MACHINE-RULING DESCRIBED, 9
Machinery:
Effect of Women's Labour upon, 46 (footnote), 97, 98
Effect on Women's Employment, 1, 48, 94-98, 148, 157, 160, 161, 162, 165, 167, 169, 173, 182
Folding, 48, 94, 95, 182
Home Work, 99
Machine-ruling, 97
Paper colouring, 96
Re-introduction of Men's Labour, 95, 173
Sewing, 95
Stamping, 48 (footnote)
Typography, 96, 173
Manchester and Salford Society of Women Employed in Bookbinding, 40
Marriage as an Industrial Influence, 64, 67
Married Women as Workers, 84, 102, 106-112, 147, 151, 166, 168, 171, 175, 182
Family Health, 112
In Birmingham, 182
In Bristol, 110
In Leeds and Bradford, 111
In London, 108-109
Moral Influence, 111
Nos. Employed, 203
Wages, 106-108, 171, 175
Men and Women, 11, 44-52
As Competitors, 12, 14, 45, 49-52, 156, 168, 173
Bookbinders, 36, 38, 44 (footnote), 51, 175
Compositors, 25, 26, 45, 173-174
Division of Work between, 7-9, 11, 148, 152, 166, 175, 180
Effect of Machinery, 95, 96 (footnote)
Machine Rulers, 177
Men's View, 47, 173-174
Methods of Work, 81 (footnote)
Nightwork, 79, 88, 89
Paper Colouring, 97
Relative Skill, 46-47, 50, 52, 58
NATIONAL BOOKFOLDERS' UNION, 39
Nightwork, 14, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84-86, 88, 89
See also Overtime.
Numbering Described, 10
Organisation of Women:
Bookbinders, 30-41
Compositors, 29, 41
Miscellaneous Trades, 41-42, 180
Women's Views upon, 42
Overtime, 78-79, 81, 82, 84-89, 146, 183
And Wages, 78, 87, 88
See also Nightwork.
PAGING DESCRIBED, 10
Paper-bag Making, 101
Paper Making Described, 1
Paterson, Mrs. Emma, 36
Perforating Described, 10
Perth Dispute, 45
Piece Rates of Wages, 137
Premiums, 55, 56, 59-60, 62
Printers' Folding Described, 3
Prospects, See Sections under Typical Firms, 141-169
REGULARITY OF EMPLOYMENT, 183
See also Sections under Typical Firms, 141-169
SCOTTISH TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION, 29, 45, 173
Show Card Mounting Described, 13
Society of Women Employed in Bookbinding, 36-38
TECHNICAL CLASSES, 63, 66
Training for Women, 52, 53
Time and Piece Wages, 137
Trade Union Congress, Women at, 36, 37
Trade Unionism and Women:
Attitude of Bookbinders, 30-32
Conflicts with Compositors, 25-30, 179
See also Organisation of Women
Training for Women, 55-68, 144, 149, 153, 165, 167, 170, 179, 180
Lack of and Marriage Prospects, 64
Typefounding Described, 14
Typical Firms, Conditions in, 141-169
Typographical Association, 25, 26, 47
Scottish, 29, 45, 173
"USE AND WONT" IN WOMEN'S WORK, 52
WAGES 113-137
Birmingham, 179, 180, 181, 182
Bookbinders' (1834-50), 33-35, 196-202
Earnings of Individuals, 136-137, 184-195
Effect of Legislation upon, 79, 90
1840-1890 ... 91 (footnote)
1866 ... 90
1885-1900 ... 134
Glasgow, 171, 172, 174-175, 176, 177, 178
How far Supplementary, 103-106
Kept up Without Unions, 41
Learners, 55-62
Married Women's Influence upon, 106-108, 171, 175
Men's and Women's, 47 (footnote)
Time and Piece Rates, 137
Why Low, 46, 50-51, 105
Women v. Boys, 15, 47, 50
Women's Competitors, 11
See also Men and Women; Women v. Boys; Girls v. Women.
Women Compositors.
See Compositors, Women.
Women Workers, Number, 17-23, 203
Ages of, 203
Ambition, 11, 64, 65, 66
Domestic Sphere Predominant, 67
Gentility, 67
Irregularity, 50, 66
Women's Work, Characteristics of, 51, 63-64