The Belles of New England
Subtitle: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: March 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312326005
Subjects: Social Conditions Of Labor; Women In The U.S.; History; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - 19th Century; United States - State & Local - New England; History / United States / 19th Century; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: The young woman who lived in northern New England in the early nineteenth century seemed destined to play a passive role in American history.