Working girls in the West
Subtitle: representations of wage-earning women
By: Lindsey McMaster.
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780774814553
Subjects: Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Canadian literature -- Canada, Western -- History and criticism; Women employees in literature; Women in literature; Work in literature; Women employees -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.190 -198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Working women in the west at the turn of the century; title: The urban working girl in turn-of-the-century Canadian literature; title: White slaves, prostitutes, and delinquents; title: Girls on strike; title: White working girls and the mixed-race workplace; title: Conclusion: Just girls.