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PART-TIME JOBS IN PROVIDENCE, R. I. wviswr 1951 sociology SERIAL FOR WOMEN 08814 1950 D-8 Tables to supplement Women's Bureau Bulletin 238 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary Women's Bureau 8°4fto$ Frieda S. Miller, Director Washington 25, D.C. 1951 INTRODUCTION These tables supplement "Part-Time Jobs for Women—A Study in lO Cities," published as Bulletin No. 238 of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Bureau, Washington 25, D. C. They present detailed lists of jobs and industries in which women were employed part time in Providence in the spring of 1950. Bulletin 238 describes the part-time work experience of management and employees in a wide range of jobs and industries in which women were work ing a short week. The majority of woman-employing industries in nonmanu facturing were included in the study, with the following exceptions: Agriculture; some service industries, such as household employment and maintenance work (office cleaning); Government service; and self-employed persons. Also, the following selected occupations were excluded: Public school teachers, temporary and seasonal workers, canvassers and door-todoor saleswomen, insurance agents, real estate saleswomen, theatrical and professional entertainers. Part-time work by students was not included. (In New York City the study was limited to three industries—museums and art galleries, advertising agencies, and publishing houses.) The information was collected during the period from June 1949 to June 30, 1950, by Women's Bureau representatives directly from employers and from women part-time workers in lO cities located in various sections of the country. Since the information in the bulletin is not shown by individual city but only by the aggregate findings of the lO cities, a series of supplementary individual city reports listing the part-time jobs in each city has been prepared and are available on request. These cities are—Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Milwaukee, New York, Provi dence, Richmond (Virginia), San Francisco, Syracuse, and Worcester. CONTENTS Table 1 - Extent of part-time employment of women, by industry— Providence. Table 2 - Alphabetical list of part-time jobs held by women, by industry—Providence. Taole 3 - Industry list of part-time jobs held by women—Providence. 20825 TABLE 1. EXTENT OF PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, BY INDUSTRY—PROVIDENCE Indus try All Industries Kstabllshments Number of es tabllshmen ts employing women Number of establlshmen ts 400 135 6 1 regularly employing women pair t time Women pairt-tlae empl c>y ees Total number of women employees Number 11, 728 7, 778 871 ii 5 166 34 17 id * A1 1 employees percent of total women Amusement Motion-picture theaters Communication and Other Public Utilities Electric light and power companies 1 0 Gas companies 1 0 Radio broadcasting stations 8 1 15 4 2 Finance, Insurance, - _ in and Real Estate Banking and other finance 24 3 902 441 10 2 Insurance 22 3 24 20 3 (11 Real estate 10 1 1 1 1 (1) 22 5 16 15 6 (1) 9 250 174 65 37 228 25 11 Personal Services Reauty shops Eating and drinking places 9 Hotels S 4 686 Dry-cleaning depots Miscellaneous personal service ^ 4 1 2 2 1 ID 12 0 - - ~ “ 29 18 312 154 43 28 43 Professional and Related Services Charitable, religious, and membership organizations: C , .3 Social agencies Other organizations 20 12 366 233 100 Educational services: Schools: Adult education 1 i 37 22 22 (1) Preschools 2 2 41 36 10 (1) 8 4 160 131 21 16 Universities and colleges 4 3 380 218 20 9 Other special schools 6 3 562 250 8 3 Libraries 1 1 105 98 1 1 Museums 1 0 - - * “ Hospitals and clinics 9 8 2, 888 2, 144 124 6 Dental laboratories 2 I 2 1 1 (1) (nurseries) Private schools, primary and secondary Medical and other health services: Professional offices: 7 0 52 12 18 18 13 (1) 29 2 3 3 2 (1) 18 6 536 479 53 11 Department stores 4 4 3, 364 2, 411 248 10 Limited-price variety stores 6 4 545 470 28 6 60 21 346 189 45 24 Architects' offices Doctors' and dentists' Lawyers' offices offices Trade Retail stores: Apparel and accessories stores, women's Miscellaneous retail stores Miscellaneous Industries and Services 11 0 Placement agencies 1 1 2 2 2 (1) Publishing houses 4 0 - - - - Commercial artist 1 0 Advertising and letter service 12 3 Base too snail to Justify percent. Includes photography and dressmaking shops. Includes such associations and agencies as Child (Guidance Clinic, Children’s Friend and Service, City Recreation Department, community centers, Com munity Work Shop of Rhode Island, Family Service Society, Oirls' City Club, International Institute (for foreignbom) , National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, providence Boys' Club, providence League for the Hard of Hearing, Providence Urban League, Rhode Island Cancer Society, Rhode Island Refugee Service, Travelers Aid, Salvation Army, Digitized4 forIncludes FRASER such organizations as church groups, men's and women's clubs, Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ * Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 20825 TABLE 2. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PART-TIME JOBS HELD BY WOMEN, BY INDUSTRY—PROVIDENCE Finance, Insur ance, and real estate Personal Professional services and related services Miscellaneous Industries and services Retail trade Schools Accompanists, s t a t io n s R a d io b r o a d c a s t in g Job M o t io n - p ic t u r e t h e a t e r s xs 3 CO 3 o *-i GO ■H H a> L. at o ® cd a a GO a 2 l. 43 *» o ■o s 3 GO 3 CO p O O. 03 ■a s a> o 3 L. 3 at to w u cd ® cd ® PS m a. o 43 03 t» P 3 ctf CO c- GO 8 a cd s cd GO 3 CO rl P cd bl CD P o EC L u Q cn as h H cd w o o CO piano.............................................................................. co s O H *4 a) "w ® is ® i-C O cd Cd GO U o *-< p a 0 to cd L 3 o a, tl cd cd 43 43 CO o t* 3 TJ at L. 43 P 43 0 O to at CO at o ® E 3 ■o ■< as Ll 3 3 CO o o 43 o a L. Qu co >. 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X Pood-service workers: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X \.............................................................................. Kitchen helpers X X X X Y X X X General helpers, X school lunchroom............................. X X X X X X X X X X Kindergarten and nursery-school X X X Laboratory technicians.................................................................... X X X X X X X X X X X x X Nonselling retail trade workers: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Occupational therapists................................................................ X X X X X X Program directors, executive X X X X X Publicity and advertising manager............................. X X X X Supervisors of Sunday school departments.. Teachers of X X Art-nature painting........................................................................ X X X X X X X Fashion illustration.................................................................... X X X X Hebrew, history, and Bible.......................................... X X X X Labor problems and legislation................................. X X Literature and composition............................................... X X X X X X Office machines - operation........................................... X X X X X X X X X Trigonometry and solid geometry............................. X X X x X 1 Breakdown of occupations not available. 2 Program and publicity organizer; program planning co-director (city recreation program); executive secretary; director of volunteers; educational director, assistant. X X X 4 TABLE 3. INDUSTRY LIST OF PART-TIME JOBS HELD BY WOMEN—PROVIDENCE Amusement Motion-picture theaters Sales (candy) Ticket sellers Ushers Matrons Hotels (cont'd) Maids Roll servers Clerk-typists Telephone operators Typists Dry-cleaning depots Receiving clerks ’ Communication Professional and related services Radio broadcasting stations Announcers on childrens' program Bookkeepers Charitable, religious, and membership organizations: Social agencies Group leaders (community centers) Hearing testers (League for Hard of Hearing) Librarians (boys' club) Nurses, registered Occupational therapists (community centers) Program directors (city recreation department) Program and publicity organizers Psychologists (child guidance clinics) Social workers (welfare agencies) Teachers of Dressmaking Home economics Lip reading Music and director of radio broadcast Physical education Preschool classes Primary grades Bookkeepers Clerk-typists General clerks Secretaries Stenographers Matrons Other organizations Churches Editors of newsletters Educational directors' assistants Kindergarten and nursery-school attendants Sunday school teachers Supervisors of Sunday school Secretaries Telephone operators Finance, insurance and real estate Banking and other finance Tellers Information clerks Statistical clerks Bus girls Cashiers, cafe Counter girls Glass and silver wipers Waitresses Elevator operators Insurance Policy analysts Cashiers Chauffeurs Real estate Secretaries Personal services Beauty shops Beauty operators Eating and drinking places Cashiers Cooks Counter girls Kitchen helpers Sandwich makers Waitresses General helpers, school lunchroom Hotels Waitresses Cooks Kitchen helpers 20825 TABLE 3.—PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (cont'd) Professional and related services Schools (cont'd) Private schools, primary and secondary Teachers of Art Bible Music Nursery classes Physical education Information clerks Secretaries Cafeteria helpers Waitresses Kitchen helpers Laundresses Maids Universities and colleges Librarians (professional) Library aides Teachers qf English Home-economics teaching problems Labor problems and legislation Literature and composition Mathematics Tea-room management Cashiers Secretaries Waitresses Cooks' helpers Other special schools Teachers of Art-nature painting English Fashion illustration Interior design Water color General clerks ( cont 'Tj Other organizations (cont'd) Nurses alumnae association Executive secretaries Private clubs Bookkeepers Desk clerks General clerks Hostesses Waitresses Coffee makers Salad makers Maids Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. Accompanists, piano Kindergarten and nurseryschool attendants Desk clerks Hostesses Cafeteria helpers, general Dishwashers Maids Attendants, locker room Educational Services Schools Adult education Teachers of — Dressmaking Piling Office—machine operation Shorthand Typing Languages English English for foreigners French and Spanish Trigonometry and solid geometry Secretaries Preschools (nurseries) Kindergarten and nursery-school attendants Teachers of Arts and crafts Hebrew languages, history and Bible Music Preschool classes General clerks 5 Libraries Catalogers Librarians (professional) Library aides Medical and other health services Hospitals and clinics Directors of volunteers Laboratory technicians Medical technicians Nurses, registered Physiotherapists Billing clerks 20825 6 TABLE 3.—PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (cont'd) Professional and related services (cont'd) Hospitals and clinics (cont'd) Bookkeeping-machine operators Cashiers Dictaphone operators File clerks Record clerks Receptionists Secretaries Telephone operators Typists Waitresses Tray girls Maids Dental laboratories Bookkeepers Professional offices v Doctors' and dentists' offices Dental technicians Nurses, registered General clerks Receptionists Secretaries Lawyers' offices Secretaries Stenographers Trade Retail stores Apparel and accessories stores, women's Saleswomen Elevator operators Bookkeepers Cashiers Clerical workers, general Retail stores (cont'd) Department stores Alteration women Detectives Elevator operators Inspectors Markers Matrons Nurses Saleswomen Section managers Shoppers, comparison and personal Stock girls Wrappers Cashiers Clerical workers, general Comptometer operators Cashiers, food Cafeteria helpers Waitresses Limited-price variety stores Markers Saleswomen Miscellaneous retail stores Inspectors Saleswomen StockgirIs Bookkeepers Clerical workers, general Counter girls, lunch Dishwashers Miscellaneous industries and services Placement agencies Bookkeepers General clerks Miscellaneous business services Publicity and advertising managers GPO 83-20825 Labor - D. c. (WB 52-198)
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