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Peer reviewedPotter, Lee Ann; Schamel, Wynell – Social Education, 1999
Reviews the emergence of employment opportunities for women outside the home. Focuses specifically on the Dover Cotton Factory in Dover, New Hampshire. Provides a reproduction of the page from the 1820 Census of Manufactures that contains information about the Dover Cotton Factory. (Contains document based teaching activities.) (CMK)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Strategies, Employment Opportunities, Females
Peer reviewedStevens, Robert L.; Fogel, Jared A. – Social Education, 1999
Examines three of the changes wrought by coal mining: (1) the miner's working conditions; (2) the establishment of company towns; and (3) the violence that ensued when miners from Harlan County, Kentucky, referred to as "Bloody Harlan," tried to better their lives by joining labor unions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Coal, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems, Mining
