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Author Glenn, Susan A. (Susan Anita), author.

Title Daughters of the Shtetl [electronic resource] : life and labor in the immigrant generation / Susan A. Glenn.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1990.

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Description xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Series Cornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-304) and index.
Summary In this fascinating portrayal of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn waves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-century Americans called the "New Womanhood." She maintains that during an era when Americans perceived women as temporary workers interested ultimately in marriage and motherhood, these young Jewish women turned the garment industry uspide down with a wave of militant strikes and shop-floor activism and helped build the two major clothing workers' unions.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Note All rights reserved.
Awards American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 1991
Subject Women clothing workers -- United States -- History.
Cothing workers -- United States -- History.
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
Jewish women -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions.
Jewish women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Jews, East European -- United States -- Social conditions.
Women immigrants -- United States -- History.
Immigrants -- United States -- History.
Women labor union members -- United States -- History.
Labor union members -- United States -- History.
Indexed Term Clothing workers Labor unions United States History
Jewish women Europe, Eastern Social conditions
Jewish women United States Social conditions
Jews, East European United States Social conditions
Women clothing workers United States History
Women immigrants United States History
Women labor union members United States History
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Online version: Glenn, Susan A. (Susan Anita). Daughters of the Shtetl. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1990 (OCoLC)654582369
ISBN 9780801497599 (paperback)
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