BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
NO. 496
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE SERIES VOL. 7, NO. 2, PP. 103-234
WOMEN AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION
OR
THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL CHANGES UPON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN
By
THERESA SCHMID MCMAHON, PH. D.
_Sometime Fellow in Sociology_
_The University of Wisconsin_
_Instructor in Political and Social Science, University of Washington_
A THESIS PRESENTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON, WISCONSIN
1912
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BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
NO. 496
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE SERIES VOL. 7, NO. 2, PP. 103-234
WOMEN AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION
OR
THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL CHANGES UPON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN
BY
THERESA SCHMID MCMAHON, PH. D.
_Sometime Fellow in Sociology_
_The University of Wisconsin_
_Instructor in Political and Social Science, University of Washington_
A THESIS PRESENTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
1908
MADISON, WISCONSIN
1912
CONTENTS
PAGES
INTRODUCTION 5-10
CHAPTER I. THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY 10-19