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Working Americans 1880–2005
Volume VI: Women At Work A UNIVERSAL REFERENCE Book
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Working Americans 1880-2005 Volume VI: Women at Work
WORKING AMERICANS 1880-2005 Volume VI: Women at Work
by Scott Derks
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1880-1899 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 1890 Profile: Photographer from New York............................................................................... 3 Life at Home................................................................................................................................. 3 Life at Work.................................................................................................................................. 6 Life in the Communit