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title	:	Women of the Commonwealth : Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-century Massachusetts
author	:	Porter, Susan Lynne.
publisher	:	University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1558490043
print isbn13	:	9781558490048
ebook isbn13	:	9780585153926
language	:	English
subject	Women--Massachusetts--History--19th century--Congresses, Women--Employment--Massachusetts--History--19th century--Congresses, Massachusetts--Social conditions--Congresses.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	HQ1438.M4W63 1996eb
ddc	:	305.4/09744/09034
subject	:	Women--Massachusetts--History--19th century--Congresses, Women--Employment--Massachusetts--History--19th century--Congresses, Massachusetts--Social conditions--Congresses.

Page iii Women of the Commonwealth Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts Edited by Susan L. Porter University of Massachusetts Press Amherst

Page iv For the B.U. Women's Thesis Group and other places that support work in women's history. Copyright 1996 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 95-21715 ISBN 1-55849-004-3 (cloth); 1-55849-005-1 (pbk.) Designed by Milenda Nan Ok Lee Set in Adobe Garamond Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Women of the commonwealth: work, family, and social change in nineteenth-century Massachusetts / edited by Susan L. Porter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-004-3 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 1-55849-005-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. WomenMassachusettsHistory19th century. 2. Women EmploymentMassachusettsHistory19th century. 3. MassachusettsSocial conditions. I. Porter, Susan Lynne. HQ1438.M4W631996 305.4'09744'09034dc2095-21715 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. This book is published with the support and cooperation of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Page v CONTENTS Foreword Martin Kaufman vii Introduction Susan L. Porter 1 Part One Women and Work Victorian Values in the Marketplace: Single Women and Work in Boston, 18001850 Susan L. Porter 17 The Feminization of Teaching in Massachusetts: A Reconsideration James M. Wallace 43 tre l'ouvrage ou tre maitresse de maison: French-Canadian Women and Work in Late Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts Paul R. Dauphinais 63 Good Men and "Working Girls": The Bureau of Statistics of Labor, 18701900 Henry F. Bedford 85

Page vi The Gendered Foundations of Social Work Education in Boston, 19041930 Linda M. Shoemaker 99 Part Two Social Reform and Political Activism Caroline Healey Dall: Her Creation and Reform Career Nancy Bowman 121 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: A Nineteenth-Century Journalist of Boston's Black Elite Class Rodger Streitmatter 147 Julia Harrington Duff and the Political Awakening of Irish-American Women in Boston, 18881905 Polly Welts Kaufman 165 "The Simplest of New England Spinsters": Becoming Emily Greene Balch, 18671961 Patricia A. Palmieri 183 Beyond Servants and Salesgirls: Working Women's Education in Boston, 18851915 Laurie Crumpacker 207 Contributors 233 Index 235

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