Becoming Visible: Women's Presence in Late Nineteenth-Century America

Walsh concludes with a description of the paradoxical position of women in the clothing industry, where they were recognized as an essential part of it while at the same time, considered dispensable and unskilled. The author bases her study on statistical data, mostly from the US Department of Comme...

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Published in:Pennsylvania literary journal 2011, Vol.3 (1), p.90
Main Author: da Silva, Eduardo Viana
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Clothing industry
Essays
Public spaces
Singers
Women
Working conditions
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Summary:Walsh concludes with a description of the paradoxical position of women in the clothing industry, where they were recognized as an essential part of it while at the same time, considered dispensable and unskilled. The author bases her study on statistical data, mostly from the US Department of Commerce, as well as court decisions and state legislation, to give a broad picture of women's working conditions in America at the time.
ISSN:2151-3066