Sisters in toil and deprivation : the construction of mill girl identity in Lowell, Mass., 1840-1850 / by Abraham D. Miller.
This thesis examines what identity or identities the factory girls ascribed to themselves, how the mill girls sought to be identified, and how the factory girls conceived of themselves and created community based on shared identity.
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Main Author: | Miller, Abraham D. |
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Corporate Authors: | Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) History Dept., Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) Graduate School of Library and Information Science. |
Format: | Thesis Book |
Language: | English |
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2011.
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