Project Gutenberg 2010-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 210 Campbell, Helen 1839 1918 Campbell, Helen Stuart, Mrs. Weeks, Helen C. (Helen Campbell) Wheaton, Campbell Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives" by Helen Campbell is a social investigation written in the late 19th century. The volume is a detailed account that sheds light on the working conditions and struggles of women employed in various trades, particularly in New York City. Campbell aims to uncover the plight and systemic injustices faced by these working women, seeking to provide an understanding of their lives and the socioeconomic factors influencing their situation. The opening of the book sets the stage for Campbell's exploration by presenting a preface that explains her methodology, which includes personal research and interviews with workers. She introduces the stark realities of poverty that women face, outlining how many are forced to accept inadequate wages in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions due to a lack of options. Campbell emphasizes the importance of understanding these working conditions in order to initiate genuine change, framing the struggles of characters like Rose Haggerty, a young girl who assumes the weight of familial responsibilities amidst harsh employment practices that ultimately lead her to despair. The text presents a vivid cross-section of society where grinding poverty collides with the often invisible labor of women, setting a critical tone for the chapters to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Women -- Employment Women -- Employment -- United States HD Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Sociology Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 441760 2025-08-14T04:43:23.490077 text/html 453338 2021-01-07T01:43:52 text/html 271537 2025-08-14T04:43:32.517004 application/epub+zip 274796 2025-08-14T04:43:27.277015 application/epub+zip 237429 2025-08-14T04:43:25.923058 application/epub+zip 596314 2025-08-14T04:43:36.624967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558317 2025-08-14T04:43:31.578065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402373 2022-09-15T13:23:19.547723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399620 2025-08-14T04:43:22.763047 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 399348 2021-01-07T01:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 399343 2021-01-07T01:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21298 2025-08-14T04:43:36.760982 application/rdf+xml 25131 2025-08-14T04:43:26.422042 image/jpeg 4596 2025-08-14T04:43:26.170036 image/jpeg 154967 2021-01-07T01:43:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 163972 2021-01-07T01:43:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 154947 2021-01-07T01:43:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 259056 2025-08-14T04:43:23.527076 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia