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LoC No.: 22008402

Title: Behind the Scenes in a Hotel

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Summary: "Behind the Scenes in a Hotel" by Consumers' League of New York City is a revealing investigation into the working conditions, wages, and challenges faced by women employees in the hotel industry, written in the early 20th century. This publication serves as an exhaustive report that explores the evolution of hotels from small inns to large establishments, emphasizing the complexities of labor management in a growing industry. Its focus is primarily on the conditions for female workers, including their hours, wages, and living arrangements, shedding light on their experiences in a demanding and often unfair work environment. The book documents the extensive research conducted by the Consumers' League in 1921, which involved firsthand accounts from women working in various hotel roles, particularly in housekeeping, dining, and kitchen services. It presents stark findings on the excessive hours, low wages, and poor living conditions experienced by these workers, often detailing individual accounts of their daily struggles. The report also criticizes the tipping system, which adds to the unpredictability of earnings and perpetuates worker dissatisfaction. Further, it concludes with recommendations for policy changes to improve labor standards in the hotel industry, advocating for better working hours, living conditions, and the abolition of tipping. Through its insights, this publication highlights the urgent need for reform in an industry significant to early 20th-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Consumers' League of New York City

EBook No.: 65443

Published: May 25, 2021

Downloads: 148

Language: English

Subject: Women -- Employment -- New York (State)

Subject: Hotels -- Employees

LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:65443:2 2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Consumers' League of New York City en urn:lccn:22008402 1
2025-08-16T11:40:53Z Behind the Scenes in a Hotel

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 22008402

Title: Behind the Scenes in a Hotel

Credits: ellinora, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Summary: "Behind the Scenes in a Hotel" by Consumers' League of New York City is a revealing investigation into the working conditions, wages, and challenges faced by women employees in the hotel industry, written in the early 20th century. This publication serves as an exhaustive report that explores the evolution of hotels from small inns to large establishments, emphasizing the complexities of labor management in a growing industry. Its focus is primarily on the conditions for female workers, including their hours, wages, and living arrangements, shedding light on their experiences in a demanding and often unfair work environment. The book documents the extensive research conducted by the Consumers' League in 1921, which involved firsthand accounts from women working in various hotel roles, particularly in housekeeping, dining, and kitchen services. It presents stark findings on the excessive hours, low wages, and poor living conditions experienced by these workers, often detailing individual accounts of their daily struggles. The report also criticizes the tipping system, which adds to the unpredictability of earnings and perpetuates worker dissatisfaction. Further, it concludes with recommendations for policy changes to improve labor standards in the hotel industry, advocating for better working hours, living conditions, and the abolition of tipping. Through its insights, this publication highlights the urgent need for reform in an industry significant to early 20th-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Consumers' League of New York City

EBook No.: 65443

Published: May 25, 2021

Downloads: 148

Language: English

Subject: Women -- Employment -- New York (State)

Subject: Hotels -- Employees

LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:65443:3 2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Consumers' League of New York City en urn:lccn:22008402 1