Independent Women
Subtitle: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920 (Women in Culture and Society Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 11, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780226855684
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Women's studies; History Of Women (General); Social Science; History - General History; History: American; Sociology; Women & Business; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: At midcentury virtually all commentators agreed that a single woman from the middle class should remain at home throughout her adulthood and fulfill her duties as daughter and sister.