Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 146 Van Vorst, John, Mrs. 1873 1928 Van Vorst, Bessie (McGinnis) Vorst, Mrs. John Van Vorst, John Van, Mrs. Van Vorst, Marie 1867 1936 Vorst, Marie van Roosevelt, Theodore 1858 1919 United States President (1901-1909) Roosevelt, Teddy 03004201 The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Alicia Williams and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. at www.pgdp.net. "The Woman Who Toils" by Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. This work is a detailed account of the experiences of two educated women who take on factory jobs in order to better understand the lives of working women of their time. Their aim is to highlight the struggles, hopes, and aspirations of the female labor force, challenging the perceptions of poverty and class from the perspective of those who toil in the factories. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces her motivation for diving into the world of factory labor, expressing a desire to truly understand the lives of working-class women rather than relying on secondhand accounts from financiers or philanthropists. She describes the grim realities of factory life, beginning her journey in Pittsburg, where she transforms herself into a working-class woman and experiences the harsh conditions firsthand. As she encounters various challenges, from finding a job in a pickle factory to navigating life in a boarding house, she recognizes the shared humanity and resilience in the struggles of her fellow workers, drawing poignant comparisons between their experiences and her own life of privilege. This opening portion effectively sets the tone for a stirring exploration of social issues surrounding labor, gender, and economic disparity in the early industrial age. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women -- Employment -- United States Working class -- United States Child labor -- United States HD Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 447750 441753 2024-09-07T04:25:18.112620 2023-09-07T06:28:09.233106 text/html text/html 447134 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 5790479 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5963692 2024-09-07T04:25:27.380571 application/epub+zip 5963357 2024-09-07T04:25:20.223665 application/epub+zip 235635 2024-09-07T04:25:18.932585 application/epub+zip 6197369 2024-09-07T04:25:32.764490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6165614 2024-09-07T04:25:25.907592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425761 2022-09-07T20:34:16.061430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411522 411419 2024-09-07T04:25:16.842668 2023-09-07T06:28:08.125133 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 411451 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 165177 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411445 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165123 2020-12-14T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22490 2024-09-07T04:25:32.937520 application/rdf+xml 13251 2024-09-07T04:25:19.304565 image/jpeg 3348 2024-09-07T04:25:19.118578 image/jpeg 5866049 2024-09-07T04:25:18.268560 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia