Sewn in Coal Country : an Oral History of the Ladies' Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945-1995 /

By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (including women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City's "runaway s...

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