Gamber, Wendy, 1958-

The female economy : the millinery and dressmaking trades, 1860-1930 / Wendy Gamber. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997. - xiii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Women in American history Working class in American history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.

025202298X (alk. paper) 0252066014 (pbk. : alk. paper)

96025211 //r97


Businesswomen--History.--United States
Women consumers--History.--United States
Women's clothing industry--History.--United States
Dressmakers--History.--United States
Millinery workers--History.--United States

HD6054.4.U6 / G355 1997

331.4/887/0973