Wage-Earning Women: Industrial Work and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930

by Leslie Woodcock Tentler

Writing with a keen eye for detail as well as a real empathy with the first generation of wage-earning women, Tentler reconstructs the day-to-day realities of life on the job, in the home, and in the industrial neighborhoods of major cities.

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 1979

About the author

Leslie Woodcock Tentler was a professor of history at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. She is now a professor of history at Catholic University of America. Her books include Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit and Wage-Earning Women: Industrial Employment and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930.

Reviews

[Aisha Manus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great history book, well written. Recommend to anyone interested in the topic.