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FOR WOMEN

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SOCIOLOGY

PART-TIME JOBS

IN
DENVER, COLO.

1949
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Tables to supplement
Women's Bureau Bulletin 238

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary
Women's Bureau
Frieda S. Miller, Director
Washington 25, D.C.

BOARDS

1951
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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 25j D. C. They present detailed lists of jobs
and industries in which women were employed part time in Denver in
September 1949Bulletin 238 describes the part-time work experience of management and
employees in a wide range of jobs and industries in which women were
working a short week. The majority of woman-employing industries in non­
manufacturing 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 10 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 10 cities, a series of supplementar'
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,
Providence, Richmond (Virginia), San Francisco, Syracuse, and Worcester.

CONTENTS
Table 1 - Extent of part-time employment of women, by industry—
Denver.
Table 2 - Alphabetical list of part-time jobs held by women,
by industry—Denver.
Table 3 - Industry list of part-time jobs held by women—Denver.
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TABLE 1.

EXTENT OF PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, BY INDUSTRY—DENVER

1

Establishments regularly employing women part time
establish­
ments
employing
women

Indus try

All Industries

Number of
men t s

All
employees

Total
number of
women
employees

Women part-time
employees
Number

Percent of
total women

383

in

14, 156

9, 884

840

8

8

4

179

67

9

13

Gas companies

1

0

-

-

_

•

Radio broadcasting stations

7

4

198

61

6

10

Amusemen t
Motion-picture theaters
Communication and Other Public Utilities

Finance,

Insurance,

and Real Estate

Banking and other finance

16

2

368

178

3

2

Insurance

17

4

168

144

4

3

3

0

-

-

-

-

Beal estate
Personal Services
Beauty shops

21

5

26

23

6

(1)

Eating and drinking places

17

9

351

209

43

21

Hotels
Miscellaneous personal services ^

11

3

476

225

8

4

2

0

-

-

-

-

36

20

508

417

45

11

16

5

120

101

30

30

Adult education

3

3

455

144

71

49

Preschools

2

2

22

21

5

ID
111

Professional and Related Services
Charitable,

religious,

and membership

organizations:
Social agencies ®
Other organizations ^
Educational services:
Schools:

(nurseries)

Private schools,

primary and secondary

1

1

26

24

12

Universities and colleges

3

3

244

189

30

16

Other special schools

1

1

5

2

1

(1)

Libraries

2

2

263

207

14

7

Museums

2

1

28

15

7

ID

13

11

3, 879

2, 751

128

5

Medical and other health services:
Hospitals and sanitariums
Professional offices:
Architects'

offices

Doctors'

and dentists'

Lawyers'

1

3

6

25

offices

0

43

offices

0

-

‘ -

-

-

6

3

Ill

-

-

-

Ill

Trade
Retail stores:
Apparel and accessories stores,

women's

19

6

30

28

9

Department stores

8

8

4, 868

3, 554

336

9

Limited-price variety stores

7

4

491

426

32

8

75

7

1, 386

1, 042

31

3

45

5

11
-

Miscellaneous retail stores
Miscellaneous Industries and Services
Advertising aDd letter service

14

1

49

Placement agencies

1

0

-

Publishing houses

7

1

7

2

-

1

Ill

1

1

3

3

1

111

Collection agencies
2

3
Base too snail to Justify percent.
Photography and shoe repair shops.
Includes such associations and agencies as
Adult Education Council, American Red Cross, Association for the Aged and Infirm.
Cerebral Palsy Society, Child Care
Center, Children’s Aid Society, City Recreation Department, community centers, Community Chest, Convent of the Good
Sheperd, Council of All Catholic Organizations in Denver, Family Welfare Service Agency, Jewish Family Service and Child­
ren’s Agency, Planned Parenthood Clinic, Public Welfare Bureau, Salvation Array, Society for Crippled ChiIdren, Travelers Aid.
* Includes such organizations as Campfire Girls, church groups, Y.W.C.A.
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TABLE 2.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PART-TIME JOBS HELD BY WOMEN, BY INDUSTRY—DENVER

Finance
and
Insurance

Personal
services

Professional and related services

Accompanists, piano...............
Administrative assistants.........
Beauty operators..................
Catalogers........................
Church and other religious workers.
Clerical workers:
Addressograph-machine operators..
Bookkeepers.....................
Cashiers..........................
Clerk-typists....................
Clinic clerks....................
Dictaphone operators.............
Pile clerks......................
General clerks...................
Policy clerks....................
Receptionists......... ...........
Registration clerks..............
Research clerks..................
Secretaries.... ..................
Stenographers....................
Telephone information clerks.....
Telephone sales clerks...........
Telephone operators..............
Typists..... .....................
Copyists and colorists.............
Copy writers........................
Directors or executive secretaries
and assistants 1 ..................
Pood-service workers:
Bus girls........................
Cashiers............. .............
Cooks............................
Counter girls....................
Dining-room helpers 2............
Dishwashers....... ,..............
General helpers 2 ................
Hostesses........................
Kitchen helpers 2 ................
Managers of lunchrooms...........
Salad makers.....................
Sandwich makers..................
Waitresses........................
Group leaders, recreative..”. 1 —Instructors of practical nurses....•
Interviewers........................
Kindergarten and nursery-school
attendants.........................
Laboratory technician aides.........
Librarians (professional)...........
Library aides.......................
Managers of box office..............
Managers, office....................
Noij-selling retail trade workers:
Cashier-wrappers......... .........
Markers...........................
Pressers..........................
Nurses' aides.......................
Nurses, practical..... ..............
Nurses, registered..................
Nurses, assistant supervisors of....
Occupational therapists.............
Psychologists.......................
Publicity workers...................
Saleswomen....................... . . .
Service workers in hospitals 3 ......
•

Social workers (professional).......
Teachers of—
Accounting........................
Airline hostesses.................
Art................................
Bookkeeping.......................
Business machines.................
Charm school......................
Correspondence....................
Dancing............................
English............................
Pood handling.....................
Glee club..........................
Handicrafts........................
Hebrew language and history.......
Home economics....................
Journalism and short story writing.
Kindergarten classes..............
Languages..........................
Lip reading.......................
Mathematics........................
Music..... ........................
Nursery classes...................
Piano................. ............
Religion.......... ................
Retailing..........................
Secretarial courses...............
Secretarial science...............
Science...........................
Shorthand.........................
Sociology....................... . .
Speech correction.................
Swimming.... ......................
Typing............................
Teachers of physically’handicapped
children................. ’..........
Ticket sellers.............
Ushers...............................
X-ray machine operators, assistants..,
1

Asslstants t0 I’r°graI" lectors in community center, puniclty directors, religious education directors, directors of social writers.
Breakdown of occupations not available.
includes such occupations as floor girls, laundry workers, maids, and tray girls.

Miscellaneous
Industries
and services

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TABLE 3.

INDUSTRY LIST OF PART-TIME JOBS HELD BY WOMEN—DENVER

Amusement
Motion-picture theaters
Managers, box office
Ticket sellers
Ushers
Telephone information clerks
Communication
Radio broadcasting stations
Copy writers
Receptionists
Stenographers
Telephone operators
Pi-nance and insurance
Banking and other finance
Receptionists
Telephone operators
Insurance
Bookkeepers
Clerk-typists
Policy clerks
Secretaries
Personal services
Beauty shops
Beauty operators
Eating and drinking places
Cashiers
Waitresses
Hotels
Waitresses
General clerks
Telephone operators

Social agencies (cont'd)
Publicity workers (Salvation Army)
Psychologists
Social workers
Teachers of—
Arts and crafts in community
center
Home economics, high school and
commercial courses in Catholic
home
Nursery classes in child care
centers
Teachers for physically handicapped
children
Addressograph-machine operators
Bookkeepers
Dictaphone operators
File clerks
Registration clerks
Receptionists
Secretaries
Stenographers
Typists
Cooks
Dishwashers
Other organizations
Church
Church and other religious workers
Directors of religious education
Y. W. C. A.
Accompanists, piano
Publicity directors
Teachers of—
Dancing
Home economics
Swimming
Kindergarten and nursery-school
attandants (married women's club)
Bookkeepers
Secretaries
Waitresses
Kitchen helpers

Professional and related services
Charitable, religious, and membership
organizations
Social agencies
Administrators and assistants
Group leaders (recreation centers)
Nurses, practical (home for aged)
Nurses, registered (planned
parenthood)
Pro-gram directors, assistants in
community centers

Educational services
Schools
Adult education
Teachers of—
Art
Business courses
Bookkeeping
Correspondence
Machine operators—
Calculating
Multigraph
Typists

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TABLE 3- DENVER, COLORADO (cont'd)
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5

Professional and related services (cont'd)
Educational services (cont'd)
General clerks
Adult education (cont'd)
Secretaries
Teachers of - (cont'd)
Dining-room helpers
Charm school
Other special schools
Food handling
Hebrew cultural schools
Handicraft
Teachers of Hebrew language
Home economics
and history
Languages—
Libraries
English
Catalogers
English for foreigners
Librarians (professional)
French
Library aides
Spanish
Office managers
Lip reading
General clerks
Secretarial course
Museums
Shorthand
Copyists and colorists
General clerks
Teachers of art
Preschools (nurseries)
Teachers of—
Medical and other health services
Dancing
Hospitals and sanitariums
Nursery classes
Directors of social workers
Pi ano
Instructors of practical nurses
General helpers
Laboratory technician aides
Private schools, primary and
Nurses' aides
secondary
Nurses, practical
Teachers of—
Nurses, registered
Art
Nurses, assistant supervisors of
Glee club
Occupational therapists
Handicrafts
Social workers
Kindergarten classes
X-ray machine operators, assistants
Languages—
Clerks
French
Clinic clerks
Latin
General clerks
Spanish
Research clerks
Music
Reception!sts
Secretaries
Secretaries
Universities and colleges
Telephone operators
Teachers of—
Saleswomen (medical book store)
Accounting
Waitresses
Airline hostesses
Floor girls
Art
Kitchen helpers
Home economics
Laundry workers
Journalism and short story
Maids
writing
Tray girls
Languages
Mathematics
Professional offices
Religion
Doctors' and dentists' offices
Retailing
Nurses, registered
Secretarial science
Bookkeepers
Sociology
General clerks
Speech correction
Secretaries
Secretaries
Lawyers' offices
Women's college (private)
Secretaries
Teachers of—
Trade
Art
English
Retail stores
Music
Apparel and accessories stores,
Science
women's
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6 TABLE 3.—DENVER, COLORADO (cont'd)
Trade (cont'd)
Apparel and accessories stores,
women's (cont'd)
Saleswomen
Pressers
Department stores
Cashier-wrappers
Markers
Saleswomen
Cashiers
Clerk-typists
Counter girls, lunch
Waitresses
Limited-price variety stores
Saleswomen
Counter girls, lunch
Miscellaneous retail stores
Saleswomen
Bookkeepers
Clerical workers, general
Telephone order sales
Bus women in lunchroom

Wholesale trade
Stenographers
Miscellaneous industries and services
Advertising and letter service
Telephone sales clerks
Opinion polls and market research
Interviewers of magazine readers
for reaction to ads
Publishing houses
General clerks
Collection agency
Clerk-typists
Stenographers

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