Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930 (Women in Culture and Society Series)
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The listing describes Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930 (Women in Culture and Society Series) by Joanne Jay Meyerowitz as a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The available edition details are 1988 • Univ of Chicago Pr • 224 pages.
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Exact edition: Hardcover · ISBN-13 9780226521978
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780226521978
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