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Author Derks, Scott, author

Title Working Americans, 1810-2015. Volume VI, Women at work / by Scott Derks
Edition Second edition
Published Amenia, NY : Grey House Pub., [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 605 pages) : illustrations
Series Working Americans ; v. 6
Working Americans
Contents 1810-1899. 1810 Profile: Estate Matron ; 1826 Profile: Schoolteacher ; 1858 Profile: Plantation Wife ; 1881 Profile: Educational Reformer ; 1896 Profile: Anti-Corset Advocate ; 1898 Profile: Child Prodigy Composer -- 1900-1909. 1901 Profile: Anti-Cigarette Advocate ; 1905 Profile: Irish Servant ; 1907 Profile: Teacher & Organizer -- 1910-1919. 1916 Profile: Teacher of Immigrant Children ; 1917 Profile: Creator of Campbell's Kids ; 1919 Profile: Hair Care Business Owner -- 1920-1929. 1921 Profile: Teacher of German Immigrants ; 1927 Profile: Jazz Singer & Dancer ; 1928 Profile: Purity for Silent Films Advocate ; 1930-1939. 1933 Profile: School Librarian ; 1936 Profile: Olympic Swimmer ; 1939 Profile: Pianist & Arranger -- 1940-1949. 1945 Profile: High School Teacher ; 1945 Profile: US Navy Lieutenant ; 1948 Profile: Baseball Player -- 1950-1959. 1955 Profile: Founder of Scholarship Program ; 1956 Profile: Puerto Rican Factory Worker ; 1959 Profile: Hospital Workers' Strike Organizer -- 1960-1969. 1964 Profile: Black Artist Producer ; 1965 Profile: Psychologist & Head Start Champion ; 1969 Profile: Co-founder of SIECUS -- 1970-1979. 1970 Profile: Executive Director of CTW ; 1972 Profile: Grateful Dead Deadhead ; 1976 Profile: Inventor of Liquid Paper -- 1980-1989. 1983 Profile: Anti-Nuclear Weapons Advocate ; 1983 Profile: Microphone Boom Operator ; 1985 Profile: Classical Singer -- 1990-1999. 1992 Profile: High School Athlete & Scholar ; 1994 Profile: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Visionary ; 1999 Profile: Standardized Testing Skeptic -- 2000-2009. 2000 Profile: Lawyer Debating Prayer at School ; 2001 Profile: Ultimate Frisbee Player ; 2006 Profile: Olympic Hockey Player -- 2010-2015. 2010 Profile: Homeschooling Mother ; 2012 Profile: Nursery School Founder ; 2015 Profile: Artist
Notes "A universal reference book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-582) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Working class -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Labor -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Labor -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Occupations -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Occupations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Occupations -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Social classes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Social classes -- United States -- History -- 21st century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women -- Employment
Economic history
Labor
Occupations
Social classes
Working class
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020
Subject United States
Genre/Form Reference works
History
Military history
Reference works.
Ouvrages de référence.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781682170786
1682170780
Other Titles Women at work