Ladies of labor, girls of adventure
Subtitle: working women, popular culture, and labor politics at the turn of the twentieth century
By: Nan Enstad.
Series: Popular cultures, everyday lives
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Working class women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Women consumers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Fashion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Enstad explores the complex relationship between consumer culture and political activism for late nineteenth- and twentieth-century working women. While consumerism did not make women into radicals, it helped shape their culture and their identities as both workers and political actors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-251) and index.