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Women at work, the transformation of work and community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860, Thomas Dublin

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index

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Women at work

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Thomas Dublin

the transformation of work and community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860

Prize-winning social origins study about how the employment of women in the textile mills (1826-1860) enabled women to enjoy social and independence unknown to their mothers' generation. Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism, and describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell, relating it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and '40s

Women workers and early industrialization -- The early textile industry and the rise of Lowell -- The Lowell work force, 1836, and the social origins of women workers -- The social relations of production in the early mills -- The boardinghouse -- The early strikes: the 1830s -- The ten hour movement: the 1840s -- The transformation of Lowell, 1836-1850, and the new mill work force -- Immigrants in the mills, 1850-1860 -- Housing and families of women operatives -- Careers of operatives, 1836-1860 -- The operatives' response, 1850-1860 -- Appendixes: Preparation of the Hamilton Company payroll, 1836 ; The social origins study ; The Hamilton Company work force, August 1850 and June 1860 ; The 1860 millhand sample ; Sources of bias and considerations of representativeness