Working girls in the West : representations of wage-earning women /

"As the Twentieth century got underway in Canada, young women who entered the paid workforce became the focus of intense public debate. Young wage-earning women - "working girls"--Embodied all that was unnerving and unnatural about modern times: the disintegration of the family, the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McMaster, Lindsey, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1880-1920.
Canadian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Canada, Western > History and criticism.
Women employees in literature.
Women in literature.
Work in literature.
Women employees > Canada, Western > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women > Canada, Western > Social conditions > 20th century.
Labor in literature.
Personnel féminin dans la littérature.
Personnel féminin > Canada (Ouest) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes > Canada (Ouest) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Travail dans la littérature.
Labor in literature
Canadian literature
Women employees in literature
Women employees > Social conditions
Women in literature
Women > Social conditions
Work in literature
Arbeitnehmerin
Berufstätigkeit
Soziale Situation
Literatur
Frau > Motiv
Berufstätigkeit > Motiv
Soziale Situation > Motiv
Frau
Western Canada
Kanada > West
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Working women in the west at the turn of the century
  • The urban working girl in turn-of-the-century Canadian literature
  • White slaves, prostitutes, and delinquents
  • Girls on strike
  • White working girls and the mixed-race workplace
  • Conclusion: Just girls.

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