`Sewing Women` Margaret Chin

The book reflects very vividly the working condition and social life of the poor immigrants women employed in the garment manufacturing sector of New York . The book presents an in-depth analysis of their plight , and is a sad commentary on the social conditions prevailing in the garment industry of New York

In the mid-nineteenth century the garment industry first emerged in the city of New York as an important segment of economic activity and as a large employer of the immigrant women workers . At that time , the toiling women of the New

York 's garment industry were Irish , Jews of the East European countries , Italians , Puerto Ricans , as also African Americans While reading the book , you will notice that nothing has changed during the last 150 years : the working condition as well as the social life of these working women has remained almost the same . The cramped workshops where they work , the poor wages , and the long working hours have continued . Only the faces have changed . Now , most of the workers are Chinese , Mexican , Dominican , and Ecuadorians

I found the book , Sewing Machine , really engrossing and while reading the same a sad feeling enveloped me : the feeling of the toiling women and the straining circumstances in which they work in one of the largest metropolis of the world , the mega city of New York . I found the of the poor and toiling women based on real stories really appalling , and at the same time realistic to the core . The book is really revealing . After reading the book , I am inclined to agree with the comments made by Linda Kozlowski in Altar Magazine , Chin 's strong writing allows her reader to see and feel the garment worker 's exhaustive struggles on a daily basis

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Sewing Women : Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry...