Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-Earners in the United States, Vol. 10 of 19: History of Women in Trade Unions The history of women in trade unions may be divided conveniently into four periods: (1) The beginnings of organization, extending from 1825 to about 1840; (2) the development of associations inter osted in labor reform, including the beginnings of legislative activity 1840 to 1860; (3) the sustained development of pure trade unions and the rise of the struggle over the suffrage, 1860 to 1880; and (4) the impress and educative influence of the Knights of Labor, 1881 to date; and the present development under the predominant leadership of the American Federation of Labor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.