Franklin Steam Laundry
This file appears in: Women Wage Workers
- 267-269 West Seventh Street -
Photographer: Straus and McKay
Date: Approximately 1905
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Women Wage Workers
Women Wage Workers
Women working outside the home for wages were a small minority of the wage-working class at least until the post World War I era. There were virtually no women employed in the brewing industry until the 1930’s. Industries that employed a substantial…