"A tangled skein" -- "Ideal mill girls" -- Across the gulf -- The prospects for fiction -- Fables of Lowell -- The working woman's bard -- Full development or self-restraint -- "Beautiful language and difficult ideas."
Summary
This is an exploration of the simultaneous entry of working-class women in the US into wage-earning factory labour and into opportunities for mental and literary development. The text traces the hopes and tensions generated by expectations of their gender and class
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index
Notes
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