Mildred Ransom's Bureau

Smogs, Spies, Strikes and the Story of How Women Went to Work

Autori

• Ruth Cowen

Parametri

• 352 pagine
• 13 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri

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Set in 1894, the story follows Mildred Ransom as she establishes a 'Copying Bureau' to provide respectable job opportunities for women beyond traditional roles. Beginning with a single typewriter in a modest room, her entrepreneurial spirit leads to rapid expansion, culminating in elegant offices on Edgware Road and a grand residence in Cumberland Place. The narrative highlights themes of female empowerment and the evolving role of women in the workforce during this period.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2025

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