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Women in Glass: Women in Factories

Introduction to library resources on women in glass. More information is available through the library catalog or by using the Rakow's Ask a Librarian service.

Books

Glass Towns by Ken Fones-Wolf
ISBN: 0252073711
Publication Date: 2006-12-20
The Glass House Boys of Pittsburgh by James L. Flannery
ISBN: 0822943778
Publication Date: 2009-10-11

Report on Condition of Women and Child Wage-Earners in the United States, vol 3, Glass Industry, 1911

Dorflinger, America's Finest Glass, 1852-1921 by John Q. Feller
ISBN: 9780915410552
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Women and the trades, Pittsburgh, 1907-1908 by Butler, Elizabeth Beardsley
Publication Date: New York : Charities Publication Committee
The glass industry in Wayne County, Pennsylvania : 1807-present by Barbe, Walter Burke
Publication Date: White Mills, Pa. : Dorflinger-Suydam Press 2003

Workers in front of a bottle machine

Articles

Women Glass Cutters in the Brilliant Period by Judy Northup
Publication Date: The Hobstar 30, no. 1 (September 2007): p4956-4960
The role of women in the Sandwich glass industry by Hassell, Martha
Publication Date: The Acorn, v. 1, 1990, pp. 1-22

The Menace of the Unorganized Woman
From the Women in Glasshouses blog series, an article exploring women and labor unions.
Life in the Factories
Women in Glasshouses article describing factory conditions in early 20th century American glass factories
Early Jobs for Women
Women in Glasshouses article exploring various roles women played in glass factories in the early 20th century.
Women at the Lamp
Women in Glasshouses article describing how women held positions in incandescent lamp factories providing lampworking labor.