By the mid-19th century, popular media depicted the “True Woman” as one who could competently manage a household, tend to the needs of husband and children, and create a pleasant and morally pure ...
Yet middle-class women felt the pressure of the culture telling them to stay home. Many also had little desire to work in the nine-to-five jobs open to them. They didn't want to be factory workers ...
“Factory was really inclusive,” Golden says ... The thing that's important to note is that she hired so many women to work at the Haçienda, and all of the people in the Haçienda really ...
Women working at a Ralph Lauren supplier said they had been forced to stay overnight to complete orders, sometimes requiring them to sleep on the factory floor. "We're made to work continuously ...