The endeavors of employers to lengthen the work day in order to extract larger profits from their workers is met with little resistance by women workers. That explains why in the textile industry, for instance, in which more than half of the workers are women the work day is ~longest~. It was necessary therefore that government protection by limiting the hours of work should begin with this industry. Women being accustomed to an endless work day by their domestic activity, submit to the increased demands upon their labor power without offering resistance.
KEY (C) COUNTRIES (Y) Year of Census Ger: German Empire Aus: Austria Hun: Hungary Rus: Russia Ita: Italy Swi: Switzerland Fra: France Bel: Belgium Net: Netherlands Den: Denmark Swe: Sweden Nor: Norway EnW: England and Wales Sco: Scotland Ire: Ireland GBI: Great Britain and Ireland USA: United States of America[126]
==========+==================================== | Entire Population +------------------------------------ (C) (Y) | Male Female Both ----------+------------------------------------ Ger 1907 | 30,461,100 31,259,429 61,720,529 Aus 1900 | 12,852,693 13,298,015 26,150,708 Hun 1900 | 9,582,152 9,672,407 19,254,559 Rus 1897 | 62,477,348 63,162,673 125,640,021 Ita 1901 | 16,155,130 16,320,123 32,475,253 Swi 1900 | 1,627,025 1,688,418 3,315,433 Fra 1901 | 18,916,889 19,533,899 38,450,788 Bel 1900 | 3,324,834 3,368,714 6,693,548 Net 1899 | 2,520,603 2,583,535 5,104,138 Den 1901 | 1,193,448 1,256,092 2,449,540 Swe 1900 | 2,506,436 2,630,005 5,136,441 Nor 1900 | 1,066,693 1,154,784 2,221,477 EnW 1901 | 15,728,613 16,799,230 32,527,843 Sco 1901 | 2,173,755 2,298,348 4,472,103 Ire 1901 | 2,200,040 2,258,735 4,458,775 GBI 1901 | 20,102,408 21,356,313 41,458,721 USA 1900 | 39,059,242 37,244,145 76,303,387 ----------+------------------------------------
==========+===================================+=================== | | Persons gainfully | | employed in | Gainfully employed | percentage of | | population +-----------------------------------+------------------- (C) (Y) | Male Female Both | Male Female Both ----------+-----------------------------------+------------------- Ger 1907 | 18,599,236 9,429,881 28,092,117 | 61.1 30.4 45.5 Aus 1900 | 8,257,294 5,850,158 14,107,452 | 64.2 44.0 53.9 Hun 1900 | 6,162,298 2,668,697 8,830,995 | 64.3 27.6 45.9 Rus 1897 | 25,995,237 5,276,112 31,271,349 | 41.6 8.4 24.9 Ita 1901 | 10,998,462 5,284,064 16,272,526 | 68.0 32.4 50.1 Swi 1900 | 1,057,187 498,760 1,556,577 | 65.0 29.5 46.9 Fra 1901 | 12,910,565 6,804,510 19,715,075 | 68.2 34.8 51.3 Bel 1900 | 2,123,072 948,229 3,071,301 | 63.8 28.1 45.9 Net 1899 | 1,497,159 433,548 1,930,707 | 59.4 16.8 37.8 Den 1901 | 752,559 353,980 1,106,539 | 63.1 28.2 45.2 Swe 1900 | 1,422,979 551,021 1,974,000 | 56.8 21.0 38.4 Nor 1900 | 599,057 277,613 876,670 | 56.1 24.0 39.5 EnW 1901 | 10,156,976 4,171,751 14,328,727 | 64.6 24.8 44.1 Sco 1901 | 1,391,188 591,624 1,982,812 | 64.0 25.8 44.3 Ire 1901 | 1,413,943 549,874 1,963,817 | 64.3 24.3 44.0 GBI 1901 | 12,962,107 5,313,249 18,275,356 | 64.5 24.9 44.1 USA 1900 | 23,956,115 5,329,807 29,285,922 | 61.3 14.3 38.4 ----------+-----------------------------------+-------------------