Salome Shepard, Reformer
| Title | Salome Shepard, Reformer |
| Year for Search | 1893 |
| Authors | Winslow, Helen M[aria](1851-1938) |
| Date Published | 1893 |
| Publisher | Arena Publishing Co |
| Place Published | Boston, MA |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Factory reform led by a wealthy young women transforms a town into a Christian Socialist eutopia. She starts by recognizing the union, builds a boarding house with for the young, unmarried workers, builds better houses for the married workers, establishes activities, classes, and entertainment intended to both provide education and training and alternatives to the taverns. She also established a profit-sharing system so that the workers benefited from the mill’s success. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt, W3,6027 |
| Author Note | Female author (1851-1938) |
| Full Text | 1893 Winslow, Helen M[aria] (1851-1938). Salome Shepard, Reformer. Boston, MA: Arena Publishing Co. PSt, W3,6027 Factory reform led by a wealthy young women transforms a town into a Christian Socialist eutopia. She starts by recognizing the union, builds a boarding house with for the young, unmarried workers, builds better houses for the married workers, establishes activities, classes, and entertainment intended to both provide education and training and alternatives to the taverns. She also established a profit-sharing system so that the workers benefited from the mill’s success. Female author. |
