How did being in the army affect the way that army wives furnished their quarters? Did the homes of army wives look different to those of civilians? Did geographic location matter? Robin Campbell's fascinating study addresses these questions and others in an engaging style that benefits from the liberal use of quotations from the army wives' letters, journals and diaries. This is the first time the experiences of women stationed in the East have been studied. With a curator's understanding of material culture, Campbell shows how the army wives used material goods to create a familiar world in...
How did being in the army affect the way that army wives furnished their quarters? Did the homes of army wives look different to those of civilians? D...
This is an examination of the history of bookstores operated by and for women in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s, the number of which reached over 100 by the early 1990s.
This is an examination of the history of bookstores operated by and for women in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s, the number of which reached over ...
Over the course of the 20th century, American domestic service changed from an occupation with a hierarchical, top-down structure to one in which relationships were more negotiated. Many forces shaped this transformation: shifts in women's role in society, both at home and in the work force; changes in immigration laws and immigrant populations; and the politicization of the occupation. Moreover, domestic workers themselves took advantage of the resulting circumstances to demand better treatment and a say in their working conditions.
Over the course of the 20th century, American domestic service changed from an occupation with a hierarchical, top-down structure to one in which rela...
'The Quiet Revolutionaries' looks at the achievements by a 19th century community of women religious, the Grey Nuns of Lewiston, Maine. The founding of their hospital was significant as the first hospital in Lewiston, and is significant today if one desires a more accurate and inclusive history of women and healthcare in America.
'The Quiet Revolutionaries' looks at the achievements by a 19th century community of women religious, the Grey Nuns of Lewiston, Maine. The founding o...
Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and HandloomWeavers 1780-1840 develops several themes important to understanding the social, cultural and economic implications of industrialization. The examination of these issues within a population of extra-factory workers distinguishes this study.
The volume centers on the rapid growth of handloom weaving in response to the introduction of water powered spinning. This change is viewed from the perspectives of mechanics, technological limitations, characteristics of weaving, skills, income and cost. In the works...
Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and HandloomWeavers 1780-1840 develops several themes important to understanding t...
""The First of Causes to Our Sex"" is a study of the first movement in the United States for social change by and for women. Female moral reform in the 1830s and '40s was a campaign to abolish sexual vice and the sexual double standard, and to promote sexual abstinence among the young as they entered the marriage market. The movement has earned a place in U.S. women's history, but most research has focused on it as an urban phenomenon, and sought its significance in relation to the cause of women's rights or to the regulation of prostitution. This study explores the appeal of moral reform to...
""The First of Causes to Our Sex"" is a study of the first movement in the United States for social change by and for women. Female moral reform in th...
Great Depression and the Middle Class: Experts, CollegiateYouth and Business Ideology, 1929-1941 explores how middle-class college students navigated the rocky terrain of Depression-era culture, job market, dating marketplace, prospective marriage prospects, and college campuses by using expert-penned advice and business ideology to make sense of their situation.
Great Depression and the Middle Class: Experts, CollegiateYouth and Business Ideology, 1929-1941 explores how middle-class college ...
This book explores the development of a provincial textile industry in colonial America. Immediately after the end of the Great Migration into the Massachusetts Bay colony, settlers found themselves in a textile crisis. They were not able to generate the kind of export commodities that would enable them to import English textiles in the quantities they required. This study examines the promotion of domestic textile manufacture from the level of the Massachusetts legislature down to the way in which individual communities organized individual productive efforts. Although other historians...
This book explores the development of a provincial textile industry in colonial America. Immediately after the end of the Great Migration into the ...
Gender, class, and culture merge in the lived experiences of women on strike in the South. This book examines women unionists' life histories through the lens of narrative analysis, interpreting their multiple perspectives as four coherent discourse communities: social activists, union feminists, women martyrs, and women whose identities are defined by their work in non-traditional fields.
Gender, class, and culture merge in the lived experiences of women on strike in the South. This book examines women unionists' life histories throu...
This book examines six Progressive Age novels of marital discord which specifically focus upon narratives of divorced and divorcing women within the context of their multivalent social and economic value on the "Marriage market."
This book examines six Progressive Age novels of marital discord which specifically focus upon narratives of divorced and divorcing women within the c...
