A Needle, a Bobbin, a Strike Women Needleworkers in America
Almost exclusively considered "women's work," the sewing trades have a history of toil, exploitation, and unfinished protest. These essays trace the shift in needleworkers' environments-the home, sweatshop, department store, and factory-from the nineteenth into the twentieth cent...
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Other Authors: | Jensen, Joan M. (Editor), Davidson, Sue (Editor) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Temple University Press
1984
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