Wage-earning women : industrial work and family life in the United States, 1900-1930 / Leslie Woodcock Tentler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tentler, Leslie Woodcock, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--United States--History.

Women.

Women--United States--History.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1979.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

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.

Notes:

Bibliography: p241-260. _ Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-52291-7

9786610522910

0-19-802028-7

OCLC:

655807842