Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930
(Part of the Women in Culture and Society Series)
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Starting with Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Meyerowitz uses turn-of-the-century Chicago as a case study to explore both the image and the reality of single women's experiences as they lived apart from their families. In an era when family all but defined American womanhood, these women--neither victimized nor liberated--created new social ties and subcultures to cope with the conditions of urban life. "Brilliant. . . . Gracefully written,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226521982
ISBN13:9780226521985
Release Date:March 1991
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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