Women Workers and Gender Identities, 1835-1913: The Cotton and Metal Industries in England
, by Morgan,Carol E.- ISBN: 9780415239301 | 0415239303
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 10/26/2001
Weaving together extensive archival material with a fresh interpretation, this work examines the experiences of women workers in the cotton and small metals industries demonstrating how ideas of womanhood often clashed with the harsh realities of the working-class life that forced women into such unfeminine trades.