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Leslie T. Chang (Chinese: 張彤禾; pinyin: Zhāng Tónghé) is a Chinese-American journalist and the author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (2008). A former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal , she has been described as "an insightful interpreter of a society in flux."
Van Vorst and her widowed sister-in-law, Bessie Van Vorst, moved to France and co-wrote novels together, including Bagsby's Daughter (1901). For The Woman Who Toils: Being the Experiences of Two Ladies as Factory Girls (1903), they went undercover at a pickle factory in Pittsburgh; a textile mill outside Buffalo, New York; a variety of sweat shops in Chicago; a shoe factory in Lynn ...
Bessie Van Vorst (née McGinnis; September 2, 1873 – May 19, 1928), also known as Mrs. John Van Vorst, was an American author and journalist.She is best known as a co-author of the magazine series and the book The Woman Who Toils: Being the Experiences of Two Ladies as Factory Girls (1903) with a preface by US President Theodore Roosevelt, an influential example of social investigation.
The Factory Girls is a play by Frank McGuinness. The play is about five women whose jobs at a County Donegal, Ireland, shirt factory are under threat. It features only two male characters, and these only appear in two scenes. [1] [2] The Factory Girls was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1982 and was the play that brought McGuinness to ...
Factory Girls, a 2006 album by Dallas Crane "Factory Girl" (Rolling Stones song), a song by The Rolling Stones "Factory Girl" (folk song), a traditional Irish song "Factory Girl", a song by Ralph McTell on his 1969 album My Side of Your Window, later covered by Marie Little "Factory Girl", a song by The Pretty Reckless on their album Light Me Up
F Shields, Factory Girls at the Old Clothes Fair, Knott Mill (1875; Manchester Art Gallery) Frederic James Shields was born in Hartlepool on 14 March 1833, the eldest of four children of Georgiana Storey (d. 1853) a straw hat maker and John Shields (c.1808–1849) a bookbinder, stationer, and printer who ran a circulating library.
Lijia Zhang (Chinese: 张丽佳; pinyin: Zhāng Lìjiā; born May 12, 1964, in Nanjing) is a rocket-factory-worker turned Chinese writer, columnist and public speaker.She describes herself as a communicator between China and the world [1] and has given talks at conferences and institutions about contemporary China.
Shanghai Girls is a 2009 novel by Lisa See.It centers on the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May, as they go through great pain and suffering in leaving war-torn Shanghai, and try to adjust to the difficult roles of wives in arranged marriages and of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.