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A girl's education was usually limited to the simplest skills , even in Massachusetts where , as early as 1647 , each community was required to set up a public school . At first girls were admitted only during summer sessions , while ...
A girl's education was usually limited to the simplest skills , even in Massachusetts where , as early as 1647 , each community was required to set up a public school . At first girls were admitted only during summer sessions , while ...
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Advocates of industrialization sang the praises of the working girl and advanced many arguments in favor of her ... Lowell Girls . In the early decades of the nineteenth century work in the New England textile industry showed few of the ...
Advocates of industrialization sang the praises of the working girl and advanced many arguments in favor of her ... Lowell Girls . In the early decades of the nineteenth century work in the New England textile industry showed few of the ...
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One hundred and two mill girls joined a strike of men operatives in Pawtucket , Rhode Island , in 1824 , which marked ... In 1834 the workers " turnedout " in Lowell at a signal given by a young girl who tossed her bonnet in the air .
One hundred and two mill girls joined a strike of men operatives in Pawtucket , Rhode Island , in 1824 , which marked ... In 1834 the workers " turnedout " in Lowell at a signal given by a young girl who tossed her bonnet in the air .
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |