Department Store Girl.

[Labor]. Bowen, Louise De Koven. The Department Store Girl. Based Upon Interviews With 200 Girls. Issued by the Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago. [Chicago]: Juvenile Protective Association, 1911.

8vo.; tan wrappers, printed in burgundy and black; covers lightly scuffed; interior fresh and bright; a nice survival of a delicate pamphlet.

A pamphlet which investigates the daily life of the female department store worker, which turns out to be tedious and exhausting:

...With these long hours of work is it any wonder that 173 of the girls complained that they were always tired! Many of them stated that their backs ached from the constant standing, as they were not encouraged to sit down even when seats were provided; that they were often obligated to slip off their shoes and that it was almost impossible to get them on again at night because of their swollen feet; that many of them had to sit with their feet in hot water after they reached home and that they were almost too tired to read, too tired to eat, and sometimes even too tired to sleep! (p. 8)

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