Women textile workers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries (Belknap County, New Hampshire and Virginia)
Collection
Identifier: SC 00867
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1866-1867 and 1869, New Hampshire and Virginia of mother and daughter (Fannie Fuller?). The family lived near Laconia, N.H. and the mother spent part of 1866 in Virginia. Both women were textile workers and there is mentioning of work in a mill and working on socks in the house as well. The daughter's husband (Thomas Fuller?) seems to have worked in the textile mill, an iron mill and also raised livestock. Both diaries contain cash accounts which show expenses for food and textile...
Williamsburg Knitting Mill Company Payroll Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ami T3 Oversize Double Folio
Scope and Contents
Payroll book, 1912-1916, of the Williamsburg Knitting Mill Company, Williamsburg, Va. which lists employees, many of whom are female.