The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself
"The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself" by Dorothy Richardson is a novel published in 1905. Originally anonymous, it follows a former small-town teacher who arrives alone in New York City, surviving on meager wages. She moves between boarding houses and works grueling twelve-hour shifts in box-making, flower-making, and sewing factories, experiencing starvation, harsh conditions, and tragedy. The narrative reveals the brutal realities of
early twentieth-century working women's lives as she struggles toward a more respectable livelihood. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Richardson, Dorothy, 1882- |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 05029965 |
| Title | The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Day |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production |
| Subject | Women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 31118 |
| Release Date | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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