single women's independent migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Gordon, Wendy M.
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B3302 - B
- Thesaurus
- migratie, dienstmeisjes, fabrieksarbeidsters, Verenigde Staten, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw
- Description
- Using individual accounts, this study examines the migrants' lives by addressing their reasons for migration, their relationship to their families, the roles they played in the cities to which thy moved, and the dangers they met as a result of their youth, gender and separation from family. Gordon details both the similarities and differences in the women's migration experiences, and somewhat surprisingly concludes that they became financially independent, rather than primarily contributors to a family economy. Specifically she explored the mill towns of Preston, England, Lowell, Massachusetts, and Paisley, Scotland.