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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 admit- ted 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 admit- ted only during summer sessions , while ...
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Advo- cates of industrialization sang the praises of the working girl and advanced many arguments in favor of her ... ployers set up boardinghouses , each run by a matron who su- pervised the morals as well as the comfort of the girls .
Advo- cates of industrialization sang the praises of the working girl and advanced many arguments in favor of her ... ployers set up boardinghouses , each run by a matron who su- pervised the morals as well as the comfort of the girls .
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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 " turned- out " 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 " turned- out " 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 |