Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1918 — 1,426,000 Women at Work; Replaced 1,413,000 Men. [ARTICLE]

1,426,000 Women at Work; Replaced 1,413,000 Men.

An increase of 1,426.000 In the number of women employed since 1914 Is .shown in figures announced by the bureau of labor statistics. The greatest increase was In industries which took In 530,000 more women, but the largest proportionate increase .was 214.000 additional women taken into government service. Women have replaced 1,413,000 men since 1914. Industrial and government work have taken 400,000 women formerly employed in domestic service, or in dressmaking. \