ISBN:
9780472026647
,
047202664X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 324 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Class, culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Srole, Carole, 1948- Transcribing class and gender
DDC:
305.389623097309034
Keywords:
Working class women History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Stenographers History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Masculinity History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Femininity History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Social classes History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
USA
;
United States
;
Masculinity History 19th century
;
Femininity History 19th century
;
Social classes History 19th century
;
Working class women History 19th century
;
Stenographers History 19th century
;
HISTORY ; United States ; 19th Century
;
Femininity
;
Masculinity
;
Social classes
;
Stenographers
;
Working class women
;
Arbeitswelt
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Geschlechtliche Arbeitsteilung
;
Soziale Ungleichheit
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
United States
;
USA
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examines the historical roots of clerical work and the role that class and gender played in determining professional status
Abstract:
Performing independence : male clerks, bookkeepers, and stenographers from 1820 to 1870 -- Treasury girls and the masses : from degraded women workers to employees -- Stepping-stones and short ladders : men's faltering independence -- The male stenographers' solution : the language of professionalism -- Typewriter girls and lady stenographers : the challenges of respectability -- "My fondest hopes will have been realized" : independence, ambition, and the new woman -- Performances of professionalism.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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