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Prisoners of Poverty. Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives

Prisoners of Poverty. Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives

Hardcover

General World HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1019851856
ISBN13: 9781019851852
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 18 2023
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book is a pioneering study of the conditions and struggles of working women in the United States in the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the textile mills, the garment factories, and the domestic service, and exposes the long hours, low wages, and harsh environments that women endured. It also highlights the efforts of female labor activists to organize unions, strikes, and educational programs, and to demand better rights and dignity. Written by a sympathetic and insightful journalist and social reformer, this book is a landmark in the history of women's labor.

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