Mill Girls and Strangers: Single Women's Independent Migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881
Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library
NOOK App
Download NOOK app
NOOK Devices
NOOK eReaders
- NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
- NOOK GlowLight 4e
- NOOK GlowLight 4
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
- NOOK GlowLight 3
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"
NOOK Tablets
- NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
- NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
- NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
- NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
- NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]
Free NOOK Reading Apps
- NOOK for iOS
- NOOK for Android
BN.com website
Go to your Digital Library in My Account
A comparative history of single women's independent migration to the textile cities of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland.
In the nineteenth-century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract them. Using individual accounts, this innovative and comparative study examines the migrants'...























