Industrial Women, 17601914: Volume IV: Law, Resistance and Power [Hardcover]

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

Volume IV: Law, Resistance and Power

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General Introduction

Introduction to Volume IV: Law, Resistance and Power

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Part 1. Regulation

1. Act of the Town-Council of Edinburgh, Defining and Restricting Womens Rights to Trade, touching the Admission of Unfreemen, 1737.

2. Ebenezer Bain, Aberdeen Tailors and the Labour of Women, 1717-1734, Merchant and Craft Guilds, A History of The Aberdeen Incorporated Trades, Aberdeen (J. & J. P. Edmond & Spark 1887), 253, 25659.

3. The Fifty-Four Hours Movement in the Cotton Trade, The Blackburn Standard, March 12, 1873.

4. Shaftesbury and the Factory Operatives, a Celebration, Bradford Observer 11 August 1859.

5. Ruth Delzell, 1847  The First Ten-Hour for Women in America, Life and Labor (Womens Trade Union League). Vol. 2, No. 6. June 1912.

6. Womens Protective and Provident League Consider Recommendations of the Royal Commission, Englishwomans Review, Vol II, December 15th, 1876, 55557.

7. Amy Okey, [Thomas, Mrs.]