Obligation and opportunity : single Maritime women in Boston, 1870-1930 /

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"Obligation and Opportunity opens a window into the world of the women who moved from the Maritimes to New England for work. Urged to stay home by tales of danger and woe in the newspapers, they still left by the thousands, and in numbers larger than those for men." "Beattie examines...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beattie, Mary Elizabeth, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
1800-1999
Single women > Employment > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Single women > Employment > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > History > 19th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > History > 20th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > Economic conditions.
Femmes seules > Provinces maritimes > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes seules > Province maritimes > Histoire > 20 siècle.
Femmes seules > Travail > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes seules > Travail > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes seules > Provinces maritimes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes seules > Provinces maritimes > Conditions économiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Emigration and immigration
Single women
Single women > Economic conditions
Single women > Employment
Femmes seules > Provinces maritimes > Histoire > 19e sïcle.
Femmes seules > Province maritimes > Histoire > 20 sïcle.
Femmes seules > Travail > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 19e sïcle.
Femmes seules > Travail > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 20e sïcle.
Maritime Provinces > Emigration and immigration.
Provinces maritimes > Émigration et immigration.
Provinces maritimes > ¡migration et immigration.
Maritime Provinces
Massachusetts > Boston
Electronic books.
History
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Sumario:"Obligation and Opportunity opens a window into the world of the women who moved from the Maritimes to New England for work. Urged to stay home by tales of danger and woe in the newspapers, they still left by the thousands, and in numbers larger than those for men." "Beattie examines the rural families they left, the urban environment they entered in Boston, and the different occupations they filled. She sheds new light on the response of rural families to economic change and on the effects of gender on choices for young women. She demonstrates that first-generation emigrants, who left out of a need to find work and send money back home, eased the way for second-generation emigrants, who left to seek opportunities in the big city." "Obligation and Opportunity offers new insights not only for everyone interested in the history of the Maritimes and Boston but also for scholars and others interested in family history, women's studies, labour history, and migration studies."--Jacket
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Maine, 1994.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-171) and index.
ISBN:9780773568228
0773568220

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