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Women and the trades : Pittsburgh, 1907-1908

Butler, Elizabeth Beardsley (author.). Greenwald, Maurine Weiner, 1944- (writer of introduction.). University of Pittsburgh. University Library System. Digital Research Library. (Added Author).

Summary: Chronicles the technological and organizational changes that transformed women's wage work in the early 1900's. Provides a comprehensive account of women's standing and the jobs they performed in the workforce. Part of the original sociological study, The Pittsburgh Survey, which was the first attempt to study life and labor in this industrial city.

Record details

ISBN: 9780822959014
ISBN: 0822959011
ISBN: 9780822975120
ISBN: 0822975122
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xlv, 440 pages, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
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Computer data.
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, �1984.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.23 Multi-User. Originally published: New York : Charities Publication Committee, 1909. (The Pittsburgh survey findings).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-426) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter XX. Mercantile Houses -- THE SOCIAL LIFE OF WORKING WOMEN -- Chapter XXI. In the Factories -- Chapter XXII. Outside the Factories -- SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS -- Chapter XXIII. Wages -- Chapter XXIV. Hours -- Chapter XXV. Health -- Chapter XXVI. Economic Foothold -- APPENDICES -- A. Plan and Methods of Study -- B. Tables Illustrative of Wages, Hours and Conditions in the Industries -- C. The Margaret Morison Carnegie School for Women -- D. Legal Restrictions of Working Hours for Women -- Bibliography -- Index
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve