Urban survival
Subtitle: the world of working-class women
By: Ruth Sidel ; with a new introduction by the author.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Urban women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Working class women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Description: Although conditions have vastly improved since the days of sweatshops, the working woman is still likely to be underpaid, overworked, and without adequate resources. In Urban Survival eight working-class women of different ages and races speak with pride and independence about their daily reality, their hopes and fears.

Ruth Sidel shows that the working woman worries about obtaining needed childcare, healthcare, and social services; about being the last hired and first fired; about welfare, drugs, and violence. The oral histories in Urban Survival reveal a vivid picture of the struggle for survival in today's cities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180).
"Bison books"--P. preceding t.p.
Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1978.