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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beattie, Mary Elizabeth, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The Vanguard
  • Part 2: Eldorado.

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