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We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Phyllis Michael Wong
We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Phyllis Michael Wong
Tells the stories of the Gossard Girls, women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ishpeming and Gwinn from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. Drawing on dozens of interviews with the surviving workers and their families, this book highlights the daily challenges and joys of these mostly first- and second-generation immigrant women.
196 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 30, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781611864205 |
Publishers | Michigan State University Press |
Pages | 196 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 326 g |
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