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Breadwinners: Working Women and Economic Independence, 1865-1920
Lara Vapnek
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Paperback. Recasting the meaning of women's work in the early fight for gender equality Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JFFK; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Lara Vapnek tells the story of American labor feminism from the end of the Civil War through the winning of woman suffrage. During this period, working women in the nation's industrializing cities launched a series of campaigns to gain economic equality and political power. This book shows how working women pursued equality by claiming new identities as citizens and as breadwinners.
Lara Vapnek tells the story of American labor feminism from the end of the Civil War through the winning of woman suffrage. During this period, working women in the nation's industrializing cities launched a series of campaigns to gain economic equality and political power. This book shows how working women pursued equality by claiming new identities as citizens and as breadwinners.
Analyzing disjunctions between middle-class and working-class women's ideas of independence, Vapnek highlights the agendas for change advanced by leaders such as Jennie Collins, Leonora O'Reilly, and Helen Campbell and organizations such as the National Consumers' League, the Women's ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Women in American History
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076619
SKU
V9780252076619
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About Lara Vapnek
Lara Vapnek is a professor of history at St. John's University. She is the author of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: Modern American Revolutionary.
Reviews for Breadwinners: Working Women and Economic Independence, 1865-1920
"Reads almost like a prequel to When Everything Changed, a history of American women since 1960 by Gail Collins."
The New York Times "A quite nuanced discussion of the impact of gender on the forging of class identities from the Gilded Age into the Progressive Era. . . . Highly Recommended"
Choice "Illuminates the strong connections between labor rights and political rights ... Read more
The New York Times "A quite nuanced discussion of the impact of gender on the forging of class identities from the Gilded Age into the Progressive Era. . . . Highly Recommended"
Choice "Illuminates the strong connections between labor rights and political rights ... Read more