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Industrial Courses 



Tlie industrial pursuits which should be provided are : manu- 

 facturing of clothing, including dressmaking, millinery, and tailor- 

 ing: printing and publishing-, including composing, proofreading^ 

 bookbinding, etc. ^lany other industrial pursuits are open to 

 women in Indiana, but as they are largely unskilled, it is not 

 thought wise to include them among proposed courses. Among 

 these unskilled pursuits in which women are engaged in considerable 

 numbers are candy-making, baking, cigar and cigarette making, 

 textile manufacturing, glass-making, various iron and steel pur- 

 suits, as well as a variety of wood pursuits. 



G 0 mr,iercia I Courses 



The principal commercial lines open to women are selling 

 (clerks and salesladies), bookkeeping, stenography, and typing. 

 Courses in these fields should be provided. Telephone operating 

 is also open to women, but the training of such operators is usually 

 provided by telephone corporations. 



Household^ Domestic, and Personal Service Courses 



Over 80 per cent of women employed in these pursuits in 

 Indiana are servants, cooks, chambermaids, or laundresses. It is 

 held that before schools are justified in training for these occupa- 

 tions, and particularly for servants and laundresses, that more 

 should be known as to hours of work, conditions under which work 

 is performed, Avages. etc. 



The work under this head is not to be confused with homemak- 

 ing courses, which are, of course, held to be essential for all young 

 women. As the census gives no facts or figures concerning work 

 of housewives and the problem of homemaking. no statements are 

 here made concerning this most important field. 



Professional Courses 



Aside from teaching, courses for women should be giA^en look- 

 ing toAvard nursing, photography, designing, architecture, and 

 social work. 



