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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Series Preface ix
- Introduction xi
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Part I. Industrial Wage Work
- The Economic Status of Women in the Early Republic: Quantitative Evidence 3
- WOMEN, WORK, AND THE FAMILY: FEMALE OPERATIVES IN THE LOWELL MILLS, 1830-1860 33
- WOMEN, WORK, AND PROTEST IN THE EARLY LOWELL MILLS: "THE OPPRESSING HAND OF AVARICE WOULD ENSLAVE US" 43
- WORK, GENDER AND THE ARTISAN TRADITION IN NEW ENGLAND SHOEMAKING, 1780-1860 61
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE 89
- Social Change and Women's Work and Family Experience in Ireland and the United States 122
- MIGRANT WOMEN IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK 145
- Female Labor Force Participation: The Origin of Black and White Differences, 1870 and 1880 164
- "A Good Place to Work." Industrial Workers and Occupational Choice: The Case of Berkshire Women 186
- "Honor Each Noble Maid": Women Workers and the Yonkers Carpet Weavers' Strike of 1885 208
- THE UNION OF SEX AND CRAFT IN THE HAVERHILL SHOE STRIKE OF 1895 232
- The Work and Wages of Single Women, 1870 to 1920 256
- WOMEN'S WAGE WORK AS MYTH AND HISTORY 264
- "WHERE ARE THE ORGANIZED WOMEN WORKERS?" 285
- ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZABLE: THREE JEWISH WOMEN AND THEIR UNION 304
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Series Preface ix
- Introduction xi
-
Part I. Industrial Wage Work
- The Economic Status of Women in the Early Republic: Quantitative Evidence 3
- WOMEN, WORK, AND THE FAMILY: FEMALE OPERATIVES IN THE LOWELL MILLS, 1830-1860 33
- WOMEN, WORK, AND PROTEST IN THE EARLY LOWELL MILLS: "THE OPPRESSING HAND OF AVARICE WOULD ENSLAVE US" 43
- WORK, GENDER AND THE ARTISAN TRADITION IN NEW ENGLAND SHOEMAKING, 1780-1860 61
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE 89
- Social Change and Women's Work and Family Experience in Ireland and the United States 122
- MIGRANT WOMEN IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK 145
- Female Labor Force Participation: The Origin of Black and White Differences, 1870 and 1880 164
- "A Good Place to Work." Industrial Workers and Occupational Choice: The Case of Berkshire Women 186
- "Honor Each Noble Maid": Women Workers and the Yonkers Carpet Weavers' Strike of 1885 208
- THE UNION OF SEX AND CRAFT IN THE HAVERHILL SHOE STRIKE OF 1895 232
- The Work and Wages of Single Women, 1870 to 1920 256
- WOMEN'S WAGE WORK AS MYTH AND HISTORY 264
- "WHERE ARE THE ORGANIZED WOMEN WORKERS?" 285
- ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZABLE: THREE JEWISH WOMEN AND THEIR UNION 304