[1] The Greenwich House Committee on Social Investigations is composed of Edwin R. A. Seligman, Chairman, Franz Boas, Edward T. Devine, Livingston Farrand, Franklin H. Giddings, Henry R. Seager, Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, Secretary.

Miss Ovington's is the second publication of the Committee, the first being Mrs. Louise Bolard More's "Wage-Earners' Budgets," published by Henry Holt & Co.

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CHAPTERPAGE
I"Up from Slavery"[5]
IIWhere the Negro Lives[31]
IIIThe Child of the Tenement[52]
IVEarning a Living—Manual Laborand the Trades[75]
VEarning a Living—Business and theProfessions[106]
VIThe Colored Woman as a BreadWinner[138]
VIIRich and Poor[170]
VIIIThe Negro and the Municipality[195]
IXConclusion[218]
Appendix[229]
Index[233]

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[INTRODUCTION]