The Lowell offering : writings by New England mill women (1840-1845) / edited with an introduction and commentary by Benita Eisler.

Title & Author:

The Lowell offering : writings by New England mill women (1840-1845) / edited with an introduction and commentary by Benita Eisler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).
Mill and boardinghouse: the new community -- Continuing education: "a glimpse of something grand before us" -- Looking back: nature, family and childhood -- Choice and conflict: the cost of independence -- Caste and class: mill job or marriage -- Changes: reform, regret, and a vision of the future.

Summary:

Contains primary source material.

ISBN:

039701225X
9780397012251
0061319961 (pbk.)
9780061319969 (pbk.)

Subject:

Women Employment Massachusetts Lowell History.
Textile workers Massachusetts Lowell History.
American prose literature Women authors.
Travailleurs du textile Massachusetts Lowell Histoire.
Manners and customs
Textile workers
Women Employment
Frau
Prosa
Unternehmer
Women.
Gender identity.
Lowell (Mass.) Social life and customs.
Massachusetts Lowell
USA
Textile workers History Massachusetts Lowell
Women Employment History Massachusetts Lowell

Form/genre:

History
Anthologies.

Added entries:

Eisler, Benita, editor, writer of introduction, writer of supplementary material.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112737
Call No.: ID:86-B26
Status: Available

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