Crossing the Collar Line: Working Women at Desks, Switchboards, and Tables

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 777-788

  Posadas, Barbara M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992885230     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009614429702300608     Document Type: Review

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