PRISONERS OF POVERTY.; Women Wage-Workers, their trades and their lives

Boston: Roberts, 1887. First Edition. 8vo, Pp. 257 plus catalog. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Ex library with stamps, bookplate, and exterior labels. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. Krichmar 2296. Reformer and home economist, Campbell (1839-1918) starting writing after her divorce. This is a collection of her articles from The New York Tribune: "describes lucidly and forcefully real-life exploitation, mainly in the NYC garment industry" [Blain p. 1]. (Inventory #: 49044)