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Good Girl Work offers a clear narrative about the experiences of girls and women in the nineteenth‑century industrial workforce. The book explores their roles in textile factories and other industrial settings, examining the harsh working conditions they endured and the advocacy that sparked change. Through the lens of historic reforms and labor movements, it explains how shifts in policy and public consciousness reshaped women’s labor opportunities and working environments in early twentieth‑century America.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Catherine Gourley
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