Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories - Softcover

Davis, Rebecca Harding; Olsen, Tillie

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9780912670058: Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories

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ISBN 10: 0912670053 ISBN 13: 9780912670058

Publisher: Feminist Press, 1985

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Life in the Iron Mills is a novella written by Rebecca Harding Davis in 1861, set in the factory world of the nineteenth century. It is one of the earliest American realist works, and is an important text for those who study labor and women's issues. It was immediately recognized as an innovative work, and introduced American readers to "the bleak lives of industrial workers in the mills and factories of the nation."

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Rebecca Harding Davis (June 24, 1831 – September 29, 1910) was an American author and journalist. She is deemed a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. Her most important literary work is the novella, Life in the Iron Mills, published in the April 1861 edition of the Atlantic Monthly which quickly made her an established female writer. Throughout her lifetime, Davis sought to effect social change for marginalized groups by intentionally writing about the plight of these groups in the 19th century.

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