At head of title: U. S. Department of labor. James J. Davis, secretary. Children's bureau, Grace Abbott, chief. U. S. Employment service. Francis I. Jones, director general "The survey was planned and carried out under the general supervision of Ellen Nathalie Matthews, director of the Industrial division of the Children's bureau, and Mary Stewart, director of the Junior division of the Employment service. The field work was conducted by Miss Matthews, with the assistance of Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes ... and of Jeanette Eaton." Virginia C. Bacon and Nettie P. McGill also wrote sections of the study.--Foreword "Appendix. The Junior division, U. S. Employment service, Department of labor": p. 435-440 The cities studied are: Boston, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Seattle, Rochester, Atlanta, Providence, Oakland Bibliographical foot-notes