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From angel to office worker : middle-class identity and female consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, Susie S., 1965- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Series:Mexican experience.
Subjects:
Women > Employment > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Women clerks > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Middle class women > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Feminism > Mexico > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Women of the middle class, more than others, need to work"
  • Office work and commercial education during the 1920s
  • Writing and activism in 1920s Mexico City
  • Women at work in government offices in 1930s Mexico City
  • Commercial education and writing during the 1930s
  • Office workers organize during the 1930s
  • Women, Work, and Middle-Class Identity during the 1940s
  • Conclusion.