Handbook on women workers

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Women's Employment by Occupations and Industries 92 Table 43.-DETAILED aCCUPATIONS IN WHICH 100,000 OR WOMEN WERE EMPLOYED, 1960 MORE (Women 14 years of age and over) Number Occupation Secretaries _ Saleswomen (retail trade) _ (n.e.c.) Teachers (elementary school) Private-household workers _ _ Bookkeepers _ - Waitresses _ Nurses (professional) _ Sewers and stitchers (mfg.) _ Typists _ Cashiers _ Cooks (except private-household) _ Telephone operators Babysitters Attendants (hospitals and other institutions) Laundry and drycleaning operatives _ _ _ _ Assemblers _ Operatives (apparel and accessories) Hairdressers and cosmetologists Packers and wrappers (n.e.c.) Stenographers Teachers (secondary school) _ _ _ _ _ Office machine operators _ Checkers, examiners, and inspectors (mfg.) _ Practical nurses _ Kitchen workers (n.e.c.) (except private-household) Chambermaids and maids (except private-house__ hold) _ Housekeepers (private-household) Operatives (electrical machinery, equipment, and _ supplies) Receptionists _ _ Charwomen and cleaners Housekeepers and stewardesses _ (except private- household) _ Dressmakers and seamstresses (except factory) Counter and fountain workers File clerks _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Musicians and music teachers Operatives (yarn, thread, and fabric mills) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ As percent of total employed 1,423,352 1,397,364 1,162,683 860,413 764,054 714,827 567,884 534,258 496,735 367,954 361,772 341,797 319,735 288,268 277,396 270,769 270,619 267,050 262,935 258,554 243,452 227,849 215,066 197,115 179,796 97 162,433 143,290 98 138,001 131, 142 122,728 48 117,693 81 115,252 112,547 112,323 109,638 103,399 54 96 86 84 87 98 94 95 78 64 96 98 74 72 44 75 89 60 96 47 74 45 96 59 99 98 68 97 71 86 57 44 Source: u.s. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: "U.S. Census of Population: 1960. Detailed Characteristics, U.S. Summary, PC(I)-ID." 1963.