This grand experiment : when women entered the federal workforce in Civil War-era Washington, D.C.

This grand experiment : when women entered the federal workforce in Civil War-era Washington, D.C. / Jessica Ziparo.

Author/creator	Ziparo, Jessica author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Description	xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Women--Employment --Washington (D.C.) --History --19th century. Sex role--Washington (D.C.) --History --19th century. Women--United States --Social conditions --19th century. Women's rights--United States --History --19th century. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Women. United States--Officials and employees --History --19th century.

Series	Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557
Contents	We are not playthings -- I wonder if I cannot make application for an appointment too: women join the federal workforce -- Telling her story to a man: applying for government work -- Teapots in the treasury of the nation: gendering work and space -- A strange time to seek a residence in Washington: perils and possibilities of life for female federal clerks -- The picked prostitutes of the land: reputations of female federal employees -- I am now exerting all my thinking powers: women's struggle to retain and to regain federal positions -- What makes us to differ from them?: the argument for equal pay in the nation's capital -- We do not intend to give up.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017013226
ISBN	9781469635972 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1469635976 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E628 .Z58 2017	✔ Available	Place Hold