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Wage-Earning Women : Industrial Work and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930

By: Tentler, Leslie Woodcock.
Material type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on Demand.Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1982Description: 1 online resource (273 p.).ISBN: 9780198020288.Subject(s): Sex role | Women | Working class women - United States - History - 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wage-Earning Women : Industrial Work and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930DDC classification: 331.40973 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: The World of the Job; I: Women''s Wages; II: "Women''s Work" and Work Environments; III: The Work Community; PART TWO: Beyond the Job: Wage Earning and Family Roles; IV: The Working-Class Daughter; V: "On Their Own"; VI: The Married Woman Worker; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary: Writing with a keen eye for detail as well as a real empathy with the first generation of wage-earning women, Tentler reconstructs the day-to-day realities of life on the job, in the home, and in the industrial neighborhoods of major cities.
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Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: The World of the Job; I: Women''s Wages; II: "Women''s Work" and Work Environments; III: The Work Community; PART TWO: Beyond the Job: Wage Earning and Family Roles; IV: The Working-Class Daughter; V: "On Their Own"; VI: The Married Woman Worker; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Writing with a keen eye for detail as well as a real empathy with the first generation of wage-earning women, Tentler reconstructs the day-to-day realities of life on the job, in the home, and in the industrial neighborhoods of major cities.

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