CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES EXPLANATORY NOTE The Classifications of Activities in this series have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES I. General Administration. 2. Securing information on special problems and recommending policies and standards concerning women in industry. 3. Searching out, arranging, and indexing existing material relating to women in industry. 4. Coöperating with other agencies in securing the adoption of policies and standards formulated by the bureau. 5. Preparing and circulating reports and educational exhibit material concerning women in industry. APPENDIX 3 PUBLICATIONS The publications of the Women's Bureau consist of annual reports of the Director; a series each of bulletins and of charts; a monthly news letter; and exhibit material. These are listed below: Annual Report First annual report for 1919 Second annual report for 1920 Bulletins No. 1. Proposed Employment of Women During the War in the Industries of Niagara Falls, N. Y., 16 pp. 1918. No. 2. Labor Laws for Women in Industry in Indiana. 29 pp. 1918. No. 3. Standards for the Employment of Women in Industry. 7 PP. 1919. No. 4. Wages of Candy Makers in Philadelphia in 1919. 46 pp. 1919. No. 5. The Eight-Hour Day in Federal and State Legislation. 19 pp. 1919. No. 6. The Employment of Women in Hazardous Industries in the United States. 8 pp. 1919. No. 7. Night-Work Laws in the United States. 4 pp. 1919. No. 11. Women Street Car Conductors and Ticket Agents. 90 pp. 1920. No. 12. The New Position of Women in American Industry. 158 pp. 1920. No. 13. Industrial Opportunities and Training for Women and Girls. 48 pp. 1920. No. 14. A Physiological Basis for the Shorter Working Day for Women. 20 pp. 1921. No. 15. Some Effects of Legislation Limiting Hours of Work for Women. 26 pp. 1921. No. 21. No. 25. No. 29. News Letter State Laws Affecting Working Women. 51 pp. 1921. Health Problems of Women in Industry. II pp. 1921. Women in Maryland Industries. 96 pp. 1922. Women in Kentucky Industries. (In press.) A monthly mimeographed publication reporting activities in the states and in foreign countries concerning women workers. Issued since February, 1921. Exhibit Material Motion Picture: "When Women Work," a two-reel picture with explanatory folder, showing actual industrial conditions in factories. 66 Posters: When Women Work" and "America Will Be as Strong as Her Women." Panels: Illustrating Standards for Employment of Women in Industry. Miniature Theatres: Illustrating Standards for Employment of Women in Industry. Large Display Exhibit: Illustrating the importance of wageearning women to industry, and the need for reasonable working hours and a living wage. Maps: Showing the standing of the states in legislation for women. Six colored maps issued. Charts: Large colored charts showing occupational distribution of women, and wages and hours for women in states surveyed by the Women's Bureau. Ten charts showing certain legislation for women in the states as follows: No. I. Eight-hour and eight-and-a-half-hour laws for women workers. No. II. Nine-hour laws for women workers. No. III. Ten-hour laws for women workers. No. IV. Ten-and-a-quarter-hour, ten-and-a-half-hour, eleven-hour, and twelve-hour laws for women workers. No. V. Weekly hour laws for women workers. No. VI. Laws providing for a day of rest, one shorter work day, time for meals and rest periods for women workers. No. VII. Night-work laws for women workers. No. VIII. Home-work laws in the United States. No. IX. Minimum wage legislation in the United States. 3 sections. No. X. Mothers' pension laws in the United States. 4 sections. APPENDIX 4 LAWS 1920-Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. L., 987)-An Act To establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women's Bureau. [SEC. 1]. That there shall be established in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women's Bureau. SEC. 2. That the said bureau shall be in charge of a director, a woman, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive an annual compensation of $5000. It shall be the duty of said bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe. SEC. 3. That there shall be in said bureau an assistant director, to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor, who shall receive an annual compensation of $3500 and shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the director and approved by the Secretary of Labor. SEC. 4. That there is hereby authorized to be employed by the said bureau a chief clerk and such special agents, assistants, clerks, and other employees at such rates of compensation and in such numbers as Congress may from time to time provide by appropriations. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of Labor is hereby directed to furnish sufficient quarters, office furniture and equipment for the work of this bureau. SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 1922-Act of March 28, 1922 (42 Stat. L., 470, 488)—An Act Making appropriation for the Departments of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes. Women's Bureau: For carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women's Bureau" approved June 5, 1920, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of materials for reports, and educational exhibits, and traveling expenses, $100,000: Provided that no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $1800 per annum except the following: one at $5000, one at $3500, one at $3000, one at $2500, three at $2200 each, and three at $2000 each. |