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Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College
Promoting Woman's Sphere, 1800-1860

Primary Sources


Godey's Lady's Book, an important resource for 19th-century rising middle-class women is ...
(http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/)

Look at "Sewing Girl" and read the description at this website to learn about early 19th-...
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/seamstress.htm)

Another Harper's Bazaar depiction of a 19th-century seamstress
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t7.htm)

See a reproduction of a slop shop shirt
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t10.htm)

View "Hauling the Whole Weeks Picking," a painting that illustrates the southern trade of...
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t8.htm)

See advertisements for early ready-made clothing
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t11.htm)

Another advertisement for early ready-made clothing
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/g15.htm)

Look at an illustration of a hoop skirt factory
(http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t14.htm)









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