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 hiv. Libr.

4-30-1926

To

MY MOTHER

HATTIE BEARCE FAULKNER

WHOSE UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF STRENGTH

DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STUDY