The Common Ground of Womanhood: Class, Gender, and Working Girls' Clubs, 1884-1928

by Priscilla Murolo

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Working girls' clubs were a flash-point for class antagonisms yet also provided fertile ground for surprising cross-class alliances. Priscilla Murolo's nuanced study charts the shifting points of conflict and consensus between working women and their genteel club sponsors; working women and their male counterparts; and among working women of differing ethnic backgrounds.

The working girls' club movement lasted from the 1880s, when women...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252066294

ISBN13:9780252066290

Release Date:August 1997

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Business Business & Investing Economics History Politics & Government Social Science Social Sciences Women in History

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