We Kept Our Towns Going : The Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula /

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"Phyllis Michael Wong tells the stories of the "Gossard Girls," women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ispheming and Gwinn in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. Particularly as the Upper Peninsula's mines were exhausted and i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wong, Phyllis Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
H.W. Gossard Company > Employees > History > 20th century.
Women lingerie industry workers.
Employees.
Women lingerie industry workers > Michigan > History > 20th century.
Foundation garment industry > Michigan > Employees > History > 20th century.
Michigan.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Phyllis Michael Wong tells the stories of the "Gossard Girls," women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ispheming and Gwinn in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. Particularly as the Upper Peninsula's mines were exhausted and its stands of timber depleted, the Gossard Girls' income sustained both their families and the local economy"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781609176860

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