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Vogel, Lise Their Own Work: Two Documents from the Nineteenth-Century Labor Movement 1976 Article History of Work, Labour History, Women and Work, History of Women and Work Servitude, History, Historical Context, Feminism, Feminist Movements, Gender, Gendered Labour, Nineteenth Century
Citation Vogel, Lise 1976 Article Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Servitude History Historical Context Feminism Feminist Movements Gender Gendered Labour Nineteenth Century History of Work Labour History Women and Work History of Women and Work

"Their Own Work: Two Documents from the Nineteenth-Century Labor Movement"

by Vogel, Lise (1976)

Abstract

In 1846, Mehitable Eastman--a young woman leader of the Female Labour Reform Association in Manchester, New Hampshire--made a dramatic speech before a meeting of workers and reformers. Drawing on her experience of eight years as an "operative" (or worker) in the textile mills of northern New England, she exhorted her audience to determined action...

Keywords

Servitude, History, Historical Context, Feminism, Feminist Movements, Gender, Gendered Labour, Nineteenth Century

Themes

History of Work, Labour History, Women and Work, History of Women and Work

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