Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826–1860
Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826–1860
Women at Work examines the employment of women in the mills (1826-1860) and how it enabled women to enjoy social and independence unknown to their mothers' generation.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN-13
- 9780231041676
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Women's labor historyIndustrializationLowell mill workers
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1980)
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