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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 18261860
Author: Thomas Louis Dublin
Until the nineteenth century, women were largely confined to work in the home. But in the years between 1820 and 1860 the rise of the cotton textile industry in New England radically altered women's working and living patterns. — Thousands of single, young women left the homes of their parents to work in the growing mill towns and to live tog...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780231041676
ISBN-10: 0231041675
Publication Date: 10/15/1981
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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