The Silent Partner: Including the Tenth of January

I love this book! I used it in a course called Lost Women Writers. It filled a niche that is desperately needed in 19th c American Literature. It addresses how women of the late 19th century joined cross class lines to try to alleviate the problems of industrialism. While it is not a radical book by today’s standards,in the sense that, they do not think about unions and are highly religious, they are on track to what will someday become the labor movement. I should also say that John Steinbeck must have read this book carefully because he decided to pick out a very important passage towards the end of the book to include in his book grapes of wrath. I challenge you to find that “. He never gave her any acknowledgment for that.