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Big Bosses: A Working Girl's Memoir of Jazz Age America Paperback - 2016
by Althea McDowell Altemus; Robin Faith Bachin (Editor); Notes by Robin Faith Bachin
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- Title Big Bosses: A Working Girl's Memoir of Jazz Age America
- Author Althea McDowell Altemus; Robin Faith Bachin (Editor); Notes by Robin Faith Bachin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2016-11-18
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226423623 / 022642362X
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Nineteen twenties, Working mothers - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016014271
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Booklist, 11/01/2016, Page 5
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