Richardson, Dorothy,  1882- <br/><br/>
The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Day  Release date is 2010-01-29 
<br/><br/>E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team 
<br/><br/> "The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself" by Dorothy Richardson is a novel published in 1905. Originally anonymous, it follows a former small-town teacher who arrives alone in New York City, surviving on meager wages. She moves between boarding houses and works grueling twelve-hour shifts in box-making, flower-making, and sewing factories, experiencing starvation, harsh conditions, and tragedy. The narrative reveals the brutal realities of early twentieth-century working women's lives as she struggles toward a more respectable livelihood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>05029965 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD