The negro women, of course, contributed a larger share to this proportion, theirs being 83.8 per cent of the females ten years of age and over gainfully employed.
"Negro Migration during the War"
Emmett J. Scott
The mass of negroes, men and women, gainfully employed in the city was made up of manual laborers.
"Negro Migration during the War"
Emmett J. Scott
Sixty-two million people are now gainfully employed, compared with 51 million seven years ago.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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