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Copyright, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, by
The Crowell Publishing Co.,
Publishers of the Woman's Home Companion
Copyright, 1909, by
B. W. Dodge & Company
Registered at Stationers' Hall, London
(All Rights Reserved)
Printed in the United States of America
Dedicated
to
Gertrude Battles Lane
whose cordial support and unfaltering faith
in the work which this represents
have vitalized its pages
Contents
| Chapter | Page | |
| Preface | ix | |
| I | Stenography | 1 |
| II | Salesmanship | 17 |
| III | Trained and Semi-trained Nursing | 31 |
| IV | Art for the Girl Who Must Be Self-supporting | 46 |
| V | Dressmaking | 60 |
| VI | Work in Libraries | 74 |
| VII | Duties of the Companion, Secretary and Governess | 87 |
| VIII | Millinery | 100 |
| IX | Telephone Operating | 113 |
| X | Working for Uncle Sam | 125 |
| XI | In the Beauty Shop | 135 |
| XII | The Girl in the Factory | 157 |
| XIII | Social Service | 173 |
| XIV | Proof-reading and Work in Publishing Houses | 183 |
| XV | Kindergartening | 200 |
| XVI | Domestic Science for Teachers and Social Workers | 210 |
| XVII | Physical Culture Plus Dancing and Elocution | 221 |
| XVIII | The Girl and the Pen | 233 |
| XIX | The Girl the Business World Wants | 250 |
| XX | Living Expenses of the Self-supporting Girl in Big Cities | 262 |
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