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June 7, 1962
Geauga Record
Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
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In Chardon, Ohio, 38.7% of women aged 14+ are employed, higher than U.S. (34.5%) and Ohio (32.9%) averages, per 1960 data. Rise driven by married women seeking income or using free time, contributing to family finances.
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Women Workers on Increase in Geauga
(Special call to the Record)
NEW YORK "Women at work" is the order of the day in Chardon.
In ever-growing numbers local women are finding it possible to fulfill their home responsibilities and still have enough free time to permit them to take jobs in industry.
As a result, they are to be found working in offices, in stores, in factories and in the professional fields in greater numbers each year.
Latest Government reports show that 38.7 percent of Chardon's female population, age 14 or over, are holding down jobs outside the home.
Compared with the proportion of working women elsewhere in the United States 34.5 percent, the local ratio is a high one. It is higher, also, than that of the State of Ohio, 32.9 percent.
The extent of the mass movement of women from the home to the job market, and the spurt in that direction in recent years, are brought out in nationwide statistics released by the Department of Labor and by the Census Bureau, based on its 1960 compilations.
They show a total of 447 women in the Chardon labor force out of an overall female population, age 14 and up, of 1,156. The ratio is well over that shown in previous surveys.
Most of the rise is attributed to married women, who have entered the labor market in droves. Currently, one-third of all married women hold jobs as compared with one-fourth in 1950. Some 13 million of them are now in the labor force.
Today, states the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a large proportion of families with above average incomes owe their position in no small part to the wife's earnings.
What led to this social revolution on the part of married women? Many housewives found they had time on their hands after finishing their home chores. The extra time, they figured, could be put to profitable use.
For others, the added income was a matter of necessity -- to bolster the family bankroll, to pay for junior's education and the like.
The official count shows, for Chardon, that 34.5 percent of all local jobs are now held by women.
For the United States, the ratio is 32.7 percent and, for the State of Ohio, 31.0 percent.
(Special call to the Record)
NEW YORK "Women at work" is the order of the day in Chardon.
In ever-growing numbers local women are finding it possible to fulfill their home responsibilities and still have enough free time to permit them to take jobs in industry.
As a result, they are to be found working in offices, in stores, in factories and in the professional fields in greater numbers each year.
Latest Government reports show that 38.7 percent of Chardon's female population, age 14 or over, are holding down jobs outside the home.
Compared with the proportion of working women elsewhere in the United States 34.5 percent, the local ratio is a high one. It is higher, also, than that of the State of Ohio, 32.9 percent.
The extent of the mass movement of women from the home to the job market, and the spurt in that direction in recent years, are brought out in nationwide statistics released by the Department of Labor and by the Census Bureau, based on its 1960 compilations.
They show a total of 447 women in the Chardon labor force out of an overall female population, age 14 and up, of 1,156. The ratio is well over that shown in previous surveys.
Most of the rise is attributed to married women, who have entered the labor market in droves. Currently, one-third of all married women hold jobs as compared with one-fourth in 1950. Some 13 million of them are now in the labor force.
Today, states the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a large proportion of families with above average incomes owe their position in no small part to the wife's earnings.
What led to this social revolution on the part of married women? Many housewives found they had time on their hands after finishing their home chores. The extra time, they figured, could be put to profitable use.
For others, the added income was a matter of necessity -- to bolster the family bankroll, to pay for junior's education and the like.
The official count shows, for Chardon, that 34.5 percent of all local jobs are now held by women.
For the United States, the ratio is 32.7 percent and, for the State of Ohio, 31.0 percent.
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Social Trends
Labor Statistics
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Women Workers
Chardon Labor Force
Married Women Employment
1960 Census Statistics
Where did it happen?
Chardon, Ohio
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Location
Chardon, Ohio
Event Date
1960
Story Details
Report on increasing number of women, especially married women, entering the workforce in Chardon, with statistics showing higher employment rates than national and state averages, attributed to available time and financial needs.