PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
NATURE OF THE CONTENTS.
HEADS OF SUBJECTS.
CONTENTS.
PROFESSIONAL, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS.
ARTISTIC PURSUITS, AND EMPLOYMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE FINE ARTS.
MERCANTILE PURSUITS.
EMPLOYMENTS PERTAINING TO GRAIN, BIRDS, FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES.
RAISERS, MAKERS, PREPARERS, AND DISPOSERS OF ARTICLES OF FOOD.
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
METAL MANUFACTURES.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
GLASS MANUFACTURERS.
CHINA DECORATORS.
LEATHER.
WHALEBONE WORKERS.
BRUSH MANUFACTURERS.
IVORY CUTTERS AND WORKERS.
PEARL WORKERS.
TORTOISE-SHELL WORKERS.
GUM ELASTIC MANUFACTURE.
GUTTA PERCHA MANUFACTURE.
HAIR WORKERS.
WILLOW WARE.
WOOD WORK.
AGENTS.
MANUFACTURERS AND COLORERS OF LADIES' APPAREL.
FUR WORKERS.
FITTERS, CUTTERS, AND SEWERS OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR.
STRAW WORKERS.
RENOVATORS.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING.
UPHOLSTERERS.
MANUFACTURERS OF BOOKS, INK, PAPER, AND PENCILS.
CHEMICALS.
COMMUNICATING MEDIUMS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COMFORT OR AMUSEMENT OF OTHERS.
MISTRESSES AND DOMESTICS.
MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS, AND WORKERS THEREIN.
EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE AFFLICTED.
UNUSUAL EMPLOYMENTS.
MINOR EMPLOYMENTS.
APPENDIX.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
THE
EMPLOYMENTS OF WOMEN:
A CyclopÆdia of Woman's Work.
BY
VIRGINIA PENNY.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY WALKER, WISE, & COMPANY,
245 WASHINGTON STREET.
1863.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by
VIRGINIA PENNY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
TO
WORTHY AND INDUSTRIOUS WOMEN
IN THE UNITED STATES,
STRIVING TO EARN A LIVELIHOOD,
This Book
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
