March 23, 1895: The plight of women and girls who work in New York City’s dry goods stores was the subject of compelling testimony at a hearing today.
Alice Woodbridge was an early witness. She testified: “It is nothing unusual for the girls to work from ten to sixteen hours a day.”
Woodbridge said the pay is as deplorable as the hours: “The average wages of women in dry goods stores of this city is $4.50 a week.” For “cash girls”—who carry change and parcels, and act as floor messengers—the average is $1.50 a week. Even some of the saleswomen at Macy’s get only $2.00 a week, and that store also compels its employees to take unpaid vacations.
She would like to see employment of girls under 14 banned, and endorsed an extension of the factory law. The worst-paid and hardest-working girls Dr. Robbins sees are employed in flower factories, where they must run up and down stairs all day for one dollar a week. Another witness verified this attitude. When she complained to the manager that he provided no seats, she was told: “This is a business house and not a hospital.”
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