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"The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in thi..." — Florence Kelley
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
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The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.— Florence Kelley