Louder than words

Description:

"Because eighteenth-century French trade law and corporate archives rarely mention women workers, Sheridan analyzes nearly two hundred period engravings to interpret women's roles in pre-industrial France. Images primarily from Diderot's Encyclopédie and Panckouke's 1777 supplementary volume document women as workers, finishers, and managers in manufacturing, commerce, and the crafts"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Employment,  History,  Women,  Working class women,  Women, employment, france,  France, history, 18th century

Places: France

Times: 18th century