Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1919 — WOMEN BARRED FROM TESTS [ARTICLE]

WOMEN BARRED FROM TESTS

Not Permitted to Compete for 60 Per Cent of the Government Positions. ' Washington.—The official report of the woman’s bureau of the United States department of labor, just made public, reveals that women were barred from 60 per cent of the government positions for whjch examinations were held in the first six months of 1919. This statement covers examinations for 260 different types of positions. s According to the report, women were not allowed to compete for 16 per cent of the clerical positions. The complete report, according to Miss Mary Anderson of Chicago, director of the woman’s bureau, covers investigations which have been in progress for a month. The second and larger section of the report will consist of an analysis of the salary scale of women in the government service, the requirements of the positions they fill, and the specific inequalities in the pay they receive.