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The Plight Of Wage-Earning Women In Peoria, 1905-1915, Cheryl Kay Fogler
The Plight Of Wage-Earning Women In Peoria, 1905-1915, Cheryl Kay Fogler
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This thesis examines the conditions of wage-earning women in Peoria, Illinois, during the first two decades of the twentieth century. I present the plight of wage-earning women as well as the well-intended efforts of both local and national crusaders who helped the working women of Peoria survive and in some cases overcome hardships.