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Florence Kelley Quotes

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades Picture Quote #1

To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility Picture Quote #1

In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment Picture Quote #1

In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades Picture Quote #1

It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages Picture Quote #1

The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard Picture Quote #1

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Their effort to place the women upon the same industrial level with themselves in order that all may pull together in the effort to maintain reasonable conditions of life Picture Quote #1

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation Picture Quote #1

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Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades (Florence Kelley Quotes) To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility (Florence Kelley Quotes) In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment (Florence Kelley Quotes) In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades (Florence Kelley Quotes) It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages (Florence Kelley Quotes) The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard (Florence Kelley Quotes) Their effort to place the women upon the same industrial level with themselves in order that all may pull together in the effort to maintain reasonable conditions of life (Florence Kelley Quotes) This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation (Florence Kelley Quotes)