Download or read book Working Americans, 1880-2012: Women at work written by Scott Derks and published by Grey House Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the lives of American women - how they lived, how they worked, how they thought - decade by decade from the 1810s to today. This new edition profiles women young and old, from a wide range of geographical and social backgrounds, and from a vast variety of professions. Some profiles focus on fortune, some on fame, some on a regular paycheck, and some on no paycheck at all.