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This book reconstructs the intertwined experiences of women who took part in the labor world of mid-nineteenth-century Buenos Aires. It explores the diverse and transforming occupations of seamstresses, laundresses, modistes, apprentices, and even inmates, showing how gender, race, and class hierarchies shaped their work and daily lives. Through archival sources and a gendered social history approach, the author analyzes how these workers understood and claimed their rights and dignity, revealing the complexity of "free labor" and its relationship to the social and political formation of the Argentine working class.
