Byline: Cornelia Stratton Parker; 1921-06-01; Harper's;
Report: "Working with the Working Woman" - Cornelia Stratton Parker - Harper's
Tags: factory girls, posed as factory worker, women wage workers
Article LinksDescription:Parker's 1921 six-part series for Harper's, later collected into a book published by Harper & Brothers, examining conditions for the working woman by posing herself in a variety of low-wage jobs, a ruse repeated numerous times since the 1880s by a number of female journalists, among them, Nell Nelson, the Van Vorst sisters-in-law, and Emmeline Pendennis.
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