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010			_a 2021017434
020			_z9781609176860 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_a9781611864205
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050		4	_aHD9969 _b.W66 2022
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100	1		_aWong, Phyllis Michael.
245	1	0	_aWe kept our towns going : _bthe Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_a: _bMichigan State University Press, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_axvi, 190 pages, 16 pages of plates : _bphotos; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Phyllis Michael Wong tells the stories of the "Gossard Girls," women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ispheming and Gwinn in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. Particularly as the Upper Peninsula's mines were exhausted and its stands of timber depleted, the Gossard Girls' income sustained both their families and the local economy"-- _cProvided by publisher.
610	2	0	_aH.W. Gossard Company _xEmployees _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aFoundation garment industry _zMichigan _xEmployees _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWomen lingerie industry workers _zMichigan _xHistory _y20th century.
776	0	8	_iElectronic version: _aWong, Phyllis Michael _tWe Kept Our Towns Going _d: Michigan State University Press,c2022 _z9781609176860
999			_c524326 _d524326