Mill girls and strangers : single women's independent migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881

Mill girls and strangers : single women's independent migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881 /

"In the nineteenth-century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract them. Using individual accounts, this inno...

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Main Author: Gordon, Wendy M., 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Women textile workers > England > Preston (Lancashire) > History > 19th century.
Women textile workers > Scotland > Paisley > History > 19th century.
Women textile workers > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century.
Women migrant labor > England > Preston (Lancashire) > History > 19th century.
Women migrant labor > Employment > Scotland > Paisley > History > 19th century.
Women migrant labor > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century.
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