Serving each other: Formal and informal support systems of early twentieth century waitresses
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Kimberly Kam | |
| dc.contributor.committeeChair | Travis, Paul D. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Alexander, Jim | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Phillips, Brenda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-02T14:15:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-02T14:15:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Wage-earning women of the early twentieth century challenged the traditional model of womanhood. Many women seeking jobs as wage-laborers found employment opportunities by serving the public as waitresses. To survive urban living conditions, these women allied themselves with each other and middle class women to combat a negative perception of themselves, and to form support networks for living and childcare. Furthermore, waitresses became a vocal force in labor history; they sought to found unions to meet their professional needs. In March, 1900, waitresses began organizing exclusively female unions. Unionizing goals reflected their condition as women in a society that was openly hostile to women wage earners. This study will utilize an engendered social-cultural perspective model to understand why and how waitresses established formal and informal systems of sisterhood and solidarity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11274/11500 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women's studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | American labor relations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Foodservice history | en_US |
| dc.title | Serving each other: Formal and informal support systems of early twentieth century waitresses | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | History and Government | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | History | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Woman's University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Master | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en_US |