3½ Monate Fabrik-Arbeiterin
The author undertakes an undercover immersion among female factory workers, taking jobs in several workshops and living with colleagues to record daily conditions. She documents material circumstances, food and clothing, work routines, moral and family relations, saving habits, housing and sleep arrangements, religion, political tendencies, leisure, domestic industry, and unemployment. Observations combine direct workplace experience with interviews and social description, noting survival strategies and vulnerabilities. The account concludes with reflections and appeals for practical assistance from better-off women and reformers to alleviate poverty and improve working-class women’s prospects.
About This Book
The author undertakes an undercover immersion among female factory workers, taking jobs in several workshops and living with colleagues to record daily conditions. She documents material circumstances, food and clothing, work routines, moral and family relations, saving habits, housing and sleep arrangements, religion, political tendencies, leisure, domestic industry, and unemployment. Observations combine direct workplace experience with interviews and social description, noting survival strategies and vulnerabilities. The account concludes with reflections and appeals for practical assistance from better-off women and reformers to alleviate poverty and improve working-class women’s prospects.
About the Author
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