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CHAPTER VI 



DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL SERVICE PURSUITS 

 §1. Summari/ed Pursuits 



In 1910 the domestic and personal service pursuits ranked 

 fourth on the basis of number employed, the total being 84,452, 

 of which 28,355 were males and 56,097 f empales. These pursuits 

 engaged 8.1 per cent of all wage-earners in Indiana. 



The summarized groups and number of males and females in 

 each are indicated in the table and pictured in Graph 13. 



Servants, cooks, and chambermaids 



Laundry and laundry operatives 



Proprietors, Iveepers, etc 



Barbers, hairdressers, and manicurists 



Housekeepers and stewards 



Waiters 



Janitors and sextons 



Bartenders 



Midwives and untrained nurses 



Other pursuits 



Porters (except in stores) 



Elevator tenders 



Bootblacks 



Males 



Females 



Total 



3,314 



28,706 



32,020 



1,227 



12,212 



13,439 



6,353 



4,895 



11,248 



6,100 



479 



6,579 



212 



5,715 



5,927 



1,522 



1,512 



3,034 



2.666 



286 



2,952 



2,533 



10 



2,543 



343 



2,138 



2,481 



1,767 



144 



1,911 



1,744 





1,744 



334 





334 



240 





240 



28,355 



56,097 



84,452 



Graph 13 



Workers in Domestic and Personal Service Pursuits 



/ 0,000 zo.ooo 30,000 



I . . . . I . . . . I . , , , I , . , . I , , . , I . . , , I 



Servants, cooks. I — 7///////////////^^^^^ 



Laundry and laundry operatives 

 Proprietors, keepers, etc. 

 Barbsrs and hairdressers I 



Housekeepers and stewards ^^^^^ 

 Waiters 

 Janitors and sextons ||BH 

 Bartenders 

 Midwives and untrained nurses 

 Porters 

 Otiier pursuits 

 Elevator tenders I 

 Bootblacks I 



