A Separate Sphere: Dressmakers in Cincinnati's Golden Age, 1877-1922

by Cynthia Amneus

Book Overview

Dressmaking, considered a natural extension of women's proper work in the home, was a common and lucrative employment for women in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It afforded creative expression, prestige in the community, and even the possibility of financial independence. Yet as entrepreneurs, dressmakers faced unique business pressures, and with the advent of department stores and widespread mass production of women's clothing, most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896725154
• ISBN13: 9780896725157
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.1"