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Social Problems of Alabama

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
24 pages

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A study of the social institutions and agencies of the state of Alabama, as related to its war activities.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Munition Workers in England and France

A Summary of Reports Issued by the British Ministry of Munitions
Author
Henriette R. Walter
Ebook
Publication Date
50 pages

About This Book

A summary of reports issued by the British Ministry of Munitions published in 1917, including work on labor regulations, the employment of women and youth, and a comparison of the munitions industries of England and France.

HENRIETTE R. WALTER, Investigator, Division of Industrial Studies, Russell Sage Foundation

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Working Girls in Evening Schools

A Statistical Study
Author
Mary Van Kleeck
Ebook
Publication Date
294 pages

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A volume of a series of Russell Sage studies on the occupations of women in New York in the early 1900s.  Working Girls in Evening Schools is a report on the statistics of women attending night classes.

MARY VAN KLEECK was secretary of the Committee on Women's Work at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book The Topeka Improvement Survey
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The Topeka Improvement Survey

Authors
Franz Schneider, Jr.
Zenas L. Potter
D. O. Decker
Ebook
Publication Date
276 pages

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A survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas in 1914, in four parts:

   A Public Health Survey of Topeka by Franz Schenider, Jr.

  Delinquency and Corrections by Zenas L. Potter

  Municipal Administration in Topeka by D.O. Decker

  Industrial Conditions in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter

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Industrial Conditions in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Louise C. Odencrantz
Zenas L. Potter
Ebook
Publication Date
189 pages

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A survey by the Committee on Women's Work and the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation. Part of the larger Springfield Survey of 1915.

LOUISE C. ODENCRANTZ, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

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Italian Women in Industry

A Study of Conditions in New York City
Author
Louise C. Odencrantz
Ebook
Publication Date
356 pages

About This Book

Published in 1919, Italian Women in Industry presents the findings of a study of Italian working women in New York City in the early twentieth century, touching upon the problems of both immigration and industry.

LOUISE C. ODENCRANTZ, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

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Cover image of the book Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison Association 1921
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Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison Association 1921

Editor
C. B. Adams
Hardcover
Publication Date
381 pages

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All the reports presented at the fifty-first Annual Congress of the American Prison Association in 1921. The subjects of the papers are wide in scope, many relating not only to the administration of prisons and the treatment of prisoners, but to probation, parole, mental health, juvenile delinquency, and other related subjects.

C. B. ADAMS was president of the American Prison Association.

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The Pittsburgh District

Civic Frontage
Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
Ebook
Publication Date
691 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914, focusing on Pittsburgh's history and growth, civic conditions, and education, recreation, and institutional facilities.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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Cover image of the book Women as Munition Makers
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Women as Munition Makers

A Study of Conditions in Bridgeport, CT
Author
Amy Hewes
Ebook
Publication Date
168 pages

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This is a pamphlet of two reports on munition work during World War I, the second is by Henriette R. Walter, entitled Munition Workers in England and France: A Summary of Reports Issued by the British Ministry of Munitions.

AMY HEWES was professor of economics and sociology at Mount Holyoke College.

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Penal and Reformatory Institutions

Editor
Charles Richmond Henderson
Hardcover
Publication Date
460 pages

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A volume of the Correction and Prevention papers prepared for the Eighth International Prison Congress in 1910, this book is an account of correctional institutions. Most of the book is devoted to reformatories and prisons in the northern United States. It includes papers on the evolution and reforms of the prison system, the methods in which offenders are trained for responsible citizenship, and prison conditions for women.

CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON was professor of sociology in the University of Chicago and commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission.

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