The business of charity
Subtitle: the woman's exchange movement, 1832-1900
By: Kathleen Waters Sander.
Series: Women in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Women's exchanges -- United States -- History; Women -- Employment -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: From "ladies" to "working women"; title: "To win for themselves that blessed independence": countering the stigma of paid work; title: "One of the most attractive shops on the street": making self-help fashionable for the genteel poor; title: "The time was ripe for a change": self-improvement and economic security for all women; title: "A prosperous existence in every town": the exchange idea spreads throughout the nation; title: "We sell everything good, from a pickle to a portiere": exchange managers as entrepreneurs; title: "An excellent way to earn an income": the consignors' alternative to the industrial workplace; title: Epilogue: the exchange movement continues; title: Appendix A. Tables; title: Appendix B. The Woman's Exchange of Cincinnati; title: Notes; title: Index.