The Belles of New England
Subtitle: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: September 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312301835
Subjects: History; History - General History; History: American; Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry; Industries - Textile Industry; United States - State & Local - General; Women's Studies - History; History / United States / 19th Century; United States - 19th Century; Industrialists; New England; Textile industry; Women textile workers
First sentence: The young women who lived in northern New England in the early nineteenth century seemed destined to play a passive role in American history.
Description: "The Belles of New England is the story of one group of pioneers in the American labor movement - the thousands of women who left New England farm towns to work in the textile cities that sprang up in the region in the early nineteenth century. Their goal was to achieve personal independence, their mission social justice. At a time when women had no political influence, they battled powerful mill owners for fair pay and decent working conditions."--BOOK JACKET.