With Special Reference to Women
in the State of New York

BY

ELIZABETH FAULKNER BAKER, A. M.

Instructor in Economics

Barnard College, Columbia University

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN THE

FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK

1925

COPYRIGHT, 1925

BY

ELIZABETH FAULKNER BAKER

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Columbia Min. Libr.

4-30-1426

To

MY MOTHER

HATTIE BEARCE FAULKNER

WHOSE UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF STRENGTH
DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STUDY