Women, work and cotton manufacturing -- Organising the factory : manufacturers choices -- The choices for work in textile communities -- Millwork : pay, work and equity -- A time to work -- Collective action -- Gender, health and working conditions -- Womens impact on industrial development :...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Margaret Walsh -- 1 New Entry Points from USA Women's Labour History -- Sheila Rowbotham 9 -- 2 Gendering Work in Eighteenth-century Towns -- Deborah Simonton 29 -- 3 Age and Gender at the Workplace: The Historical Experiences of Young People in...