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Two Weeks in Department Stores

Lance Cacho Robert Jolly Jason Lu Jordan Sinclair. Two Weeks in Department Stores. Annie MacLean. “MacLean’s work was on the forefront of women’s rights movement yet she has no place within its historical progression—she is left out.” www.webster.edu/~woolflm/anniemaclean.html.

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Two Weeks in Department Stores

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  1. Lance Cacho Robert Jolly Jason Lu Jordan Sinclair Two Weeks in Department Stores

  2. Annie MacLean • “MacLean’s work was on the forefront of women’s rights movement yet she has no place within its historical progression—she is left out.” • www.webster.edu/~woolflm/anniemaclean.html

  3. Short Summary • First store (Toy Store) • Sales Lady - $3.00 a week • Dehumanization –number “424” • Salary lowered to $2.05, 5% commission (boy anecdote) • Verbally abused by managers and customers (sit-down story) • Sick Girl story (unsuitable restaurants) • Child labor – (little girl story): Role of parents • Second store (Dolls) • $4 a week, 1% commission (experienced worker) • Kind managers, sitting was OK, sanitary conditions • 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM • Prostitution – product of low wages • Dorm conditions • Rent: $2.50 a week • Living conditions

  4. Conclusion / Solutions • “So long as the consumer will patronize (to give a store one’s regular patronage) bad stores, so long will they exist” • Regular buyers not the solution • Legislation and inspection • Enlist sympathy of intelligent people • More is not necessarily better

  5. Method • Narrative style • Participant Observer • Transcripts of expenses • Changed the names • Provides contemporary language • Direct quotations

  6. Table

  7. Issues • 2 weeks • Big downtown stores • Rushed time • Any figures done by interviews are misleading • Does not mention men’s wages

  8. Discussion • “We (intelligent people) should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business”

  9. Discussion • “We (intelligent people) should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business” • Is the consumer responsible? • Going green? • Global warming issues? • Sweatshops?

  10. Discussion • “We (intelligent people) should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business” • Is the consumer responsible? • Going green? • Global warming issues? • Sweatshops? • Second job because of wages

  11. Discussion • “We (intelligent people) should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business” • Is the consumer responsible? • Going green? • Global warming issues? • Sweatshops? • Second job because of wages • Role of managers / role of legislators?

  12. Discussion • “We (intelligent people) should not rest until the bad stores improve or go out of business” • Is the consumer responsible? • Going green? • Global warming issues? • Sweatshops? • Second job because of wages • Role of managers / role of legislators? • Profit margins vs. human rights/social justice?

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