America's Working WomenRosalyn Baxandall, Linda Gordon, Susan Reverby Contains primary source materials and sections on black slaves, Lowell, women on the Oregon trail, nursing, white slavery, letters from black migrants, the Lawrence textile strike, the Triangle fire, and child care. |
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