The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Page 63
... cities of the North and South . Among them , artisans and small businessmen in the service trades were the elite . For slave women only the domestic skills offered any chance of improving their condition . Sewing , fine starching ...
... cities of the North and South . Among them , artisans and small businessmen in the service trades were the elite . For slave women only the domestic skills offered any chance of improving their condition . Sewing , fine starching ...
Page 104
... cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New Orleans and Atlanta . The terrible New York draft riots of 1863 , which started as a protest against the hiring of substitutes ...
... cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New Orleans and Atlanta . The terrible New York draft riots of 1863 , which started as a protest against the hiring of substitutes ...
Page 125
... cities . In the 1880's five and a quarter million entered the country each year ; in the next decade the figure was three and three - quarter mil- lion . This influx of mainly poor people into the city , from rural America and from ...
... cities . In the 1880's five and a quarter million entered the country each year ; in the next decade the figure was three and three - quarter mil- lion . This influx of mainly poor people into the city , from rural America and from ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |