[66] Compare similar proceedings in the United States and England.
[67] Since Switzerland contains a preponderance of the Germanic element, it will be considered with the Germanic countries.
[68] In Geneva and Lausanne the men exerted every effort to exclude women from the typographical trade. The prohibition of night work made this easy. The same result will follow in the railroad and postal service. Therefore in the Swiss woman’s rights movement there are some that are opposed to laws for the protection of women laborers.
[69] Industrial training was promoted chiefly by the “Lette-House,” founded in Berlin in 1865 by President Lette and his wife.
[70] In Germany there are one million domestic servants.
[71] For information concerning the German woman’s rights movement we recommend The Memorandum-book of the Woman’s Rights Movement (Das Merkbuch der Frauenbewegung), B. G. Teubner, Leipzig.
[72] A body having advisory powers in matters relating to the medical profession and to sanitary measures. [Tr.]
[73] The question was decided by the administrative court in one special case. Compare the case of Jacobs, Amsterdam.
[74] See Dokumente der Frauen (Documents concerning Women); November 15, 1899.
[75] The German system of stenography. [Tr.]