Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1908 — BUSINESS WOMEN IN MEXICO. [ARTICLE]

BUSINESS WOMEN IN MEXICO.

Al Yet in No Line of Business Do They Outnumber Men. In the teaching profession they predominate in numbers very much over the- male professors, and in the trade of cigarette making they are almost entirely employed by the factories, but in the matter of business they have not yet reached the point where they compete with men to the extent of driving the latter out of any particular line, as has occurred in several cases In the United States.

The number of women and girls employed in the dry goods stores of this city is very much smaller than that employed in The same class of business in the cities of the United States, and while their number has been Increased in recent years in the dry goods stores, it will be a long time yet before they will supplant the men to any appreciable extent in this city.

A good many American stores are now employing Mexican young ladies as cashiers, and it is probable that the number of girls who will find employment in this field will be largely Increased in the near future, as they are generally found to be more suited for this work than are men.

The tendency of the Mexican girl is toward business. Not many of them care to become cooks or drepsipakers, in fact, to devote v their lives to any line partaking of the nature of a trade of menial service, preferring to turn their attention to commercial pursuits, where they believe that their social status will be more elevated. As a result of this idea and their inclination for so-called “refined” employment, they are drifting into the field that offers the fewest obstacles, namely the field of stenographer and the typewriter girl. While the Mexican girl cannot, as yet, compete with men in this, to the extent of performing an equal amount of work per day, it is noteworthy that they are more careful of the fine points, such as orthography and punctuation, and they are rarely absent from their places without serious cause.—Sftexlcan Herald.