Article: Women of the Commonwealth: work, family, and social change in nineteenth-century Massachusetts.

(Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press 1996).

THE RESULT OF A 1992 symposium on the history of women in Massachusetts, held under the auspices of the Institute for Massachusetts Studies, Susan Porter's collection of essays is somewhat misleadingly titled, as it deals chiefly with the history of the second half of the 19th century and, in some essays, with the early 20th century as well. The selection of essays is interesting and diverse, although there is a clear emphasis on women's paid employment. The diversity is in methods of research and manner of presentation, and in the kinds of employment considered. In the latter respect, the essays are ...

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