Transcribing class and gender masculinity and femininity in nineteenth-century courts and offices - Srole, Carole, 1948-; ProQuest (Firm) (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2010)
Performing independence : male clerks, bookkeepers, and stenographers from 1820 to 1870 -- Treasury girls and the masses : from degraded women workers to employees -- Stepping-stones and short ladders : men's faltering independence -- The male stenographers' solution : the language of professionalism -- Typewriter girls and lady stenographers : the challenges of respectability -- "My fondest hopes will have been realized" : independence, ambition, and the new woman -- Performances of professionalism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Working class women -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Stenographers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Femininity -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Electronic books