Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930

by Joanne J. Meyerowitz

Book Overview

Starting with Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Meyerowitz uses turn-of-the-century Chicago as a case study to explore both the image and the reality of single women's experiences as they lived apart from their families. In an era when family all but defined American womanhood, these women--neither victimized nor liberated--created new social ties and subcultures to cope with the conditions of urban life.

"Brilliant. . . . Gracefully written,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226521974
• ISBN13: 9780226521978
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"