The Working Woman in Industry and Society
A century of factory life and female labor is reviewed through accounts of mill towns, unions, and the garment trade. The piece surveys wage earners, femininity in work, Jewish and immigrant influences, motherhood versus labor, and the evolving role of women in production and public life, with anecdotes from workers and unionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Barnum
Fiere
New York
Josephine Casey
Traiway Employes Union
Idean
Uraud
Tominty
Geneva
Vaten
Mustratis
Bergson
Siithe
We Street
Ike
Nico
Stati
Silver Relic of War Unearthed on Upper Broadway New York
During the American Revolution a German camp line along upper Broadway yielded Hessian and British huts and a silver officer’s post plate from the 28th Regiment of Foot marked I. E. The back bore I, E. A note links 1st Lieut. James Edwards, wounded at Brandywine, to the officer’s badge. Mrs. W L Calver, active in unearthing camps, shared findings with British military historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agerman
Upper Broadway
New York
Britsh Regiment of Foot
James Edwards
28Th
Battle of the Brandywine
Unclear fragment on fever remedy discovery in South America
Fragmentary note discusses Drug Qu fever remedy said to be the greatest fever fighter in modern history. Claims origin in South America around 1835 and a bark named by an unnamed order. Early publicisation linked to a viceroyal wife, the Countess Chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Peru
Chin- Steno
Noted Drug Cure Circles Europe in 1689
The text describes a valuable medicine named after a distinguished patient, brought to Europe in 1689, and later known by a Spanish name. It mentions its spread across Europe by prominent families and figures of the era, and notes its use by a Dauphin and in regions like India Jamaica and New York, reflecting historical medicinal fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Europa
Jeault
Jamin XIV
Thver
Dauphin
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wuver
Starve
Miyer
Mase
Toutherkomr
Willie Lur
Lng
Hlisbaui
Eve
Urven Sue
Murmentul
Rade Union
Teta Alea
Yigar Tartary
New England
United States
Women In Industry
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Frank Bramley
WL. Calver
England
Elgta
New
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J. BE
Inine
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