'… she writes in a style that makes her book readily accessible to students and those generally interested in early modern daily life.' Joseph P. Ward, Seventeenth-Century News
Introduction; 1. Bred in the Exchange: Seamstresses and Shopkeepers; 2. Girls as Apprentices; 3. Managing the Trade: Women as Mistresses; 4. What Girls Learned; 5. Making Havoc: Discipline, Demeanour and Resistance; 6. Freedoms and Customs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.