Enstad Nan

Ladies of labor, girls of adventure : working women, popular culture, and labor politics at the turn of the twentieth century / Nan Enstad. - New York : Columbia University Press, 1999. - xii, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Popular cultures, everyday lives .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-251) and index.

Introduction: Mud in Our French Heels -- 1. Cheap Dresses and Dime Novels: The First Commodities for Working Women -- 2. Ladies of Labor: Fashion, Fiction, and Working Women's Culture -- 3. Fashioning Political Subjectivities: The 1909 Shirtwaist Strike and the "Rational Girl Striker" -- 4. Ladies and Orphans: Women Invent Themselves as Strikers in 1909 -- 5. Movie-Struck Girls: Motion Pictures and Consumer Subjectivities -- Conclusion: A Place to Dream.

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Working class women--History--United States--20th century
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century
Women consumers--History--United States--20th century
Fashion--History--United States--20th century

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