Hear my sorrow : the diary of Angela Denoto, a shirtwaist worker

Title
Hear my sorrow : the diary of Angela Denoto, a shirtwaist worker

Personal Author EPSB
Deborah. Hopkinson

Summary
Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment factory, and becomes a participant in the shirtwaist worker strikes of 1909.

Year Published
2004

Series
Dear America

Subject
Factories -- Fiction.
 
Labor disputes -- Fiction.
 
Immigrants -- Fiction.
 
Italian Americans -- Fiction.
 
Diaries -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/schol051/2003021454.html

Summary
Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment factory, and becomes a participant in the shirtwaist worker strikes of 1909.

ISBN
9780439221610

Publisher
New York : Scholastic, 2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian WestFIC HOPBook38515000213838Historical Fiction