num_pages: 312
description: In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and '40s.
language: English
title: Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860
titlecomplete: Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860
genres: History, Feminism, Economics, American History, Labor, 19th Century, Local History, The United States Of America, Womens Studies, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 69
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Merle Curti Award
publisher: Columbia University Press