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Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure: Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Professor Nan Enstad Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-231-11103-7 / 0231111037 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11103-4 / 9780231111034 At the beginning of the twentieth century, labor leaders in women's unions routinely chastised their members for their ceaseless pursuit of fashion, avid reading of dime novels, and "affected" ways, including aristocratic airs and accents. Indeed, working women in America were eagerly participating |