The Evolution of Getting a Living in MiddletownMain MenuIntroductionMachine Made: The Rise of Industrial Work in MuncieRusty Muncie: Deindustrialization in MiddletownInvisible Experiences: Making a Living as a Minority in MuncieWomen's Work: 9 to 5 and BeyondWomen's Work Introduction
Into Industry
12022-12-08T16:44:48+00:00Katrina Partlowbb1f1150c789ba002bf4aef4a165fdf5031add5e32plain2022-12-08T16:47:53+00:00Katrina Partlowbb1f1150c789ba002bf4aef4a165fdf5031add5eAs African Americans began the Great Migration from the South to the North, many were able to find job opportunities in industrial settings. African American women were eager to leave domestic service positions and this was one of their few alternatives.
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1media/Glass Workers_thumb.jpg2022-12-06T05:21:03+00:00Katrina Partlowbb1f1150c789ba002bf4aef4a165fdf5031add5eGlass Workers2Women glass workers pose for photo holding the glass insulators that they helped to make in Muncie, IN 1915.media/Glass Workers.jpgplain2023-02-03T21:04:46+00:001915Other Side of Middletown Photographs, Ball State Digital Media RepositoryJim Connolly46c7b502c79bde22331f06c832c764e9eca6a071