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01525aam a2200289Ia 4500 001 C8E2FC96C36A11EBBDEE4DF25BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210602012120 008 110124s2011 inu 000 f eng d 020 $a 9781450279987 (hardcover) 020 $a 1450279988 020 $a 9781450279970 020 $a 145027997X 035 $a (OCoLC)698173302 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d YEP $d OCLCF $d B@L $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d IW5 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nj 100 1 $a Hering, Marilyn. 245 12 $a A woman possessed / $c Marilyn Hering. 260 $a Bloomington : $b iUniverse, $c 2011. 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a In 1913, silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike, demanding an eight-hour work day and better working conditions-reasonable requests that nevertheless led to the arrest of over 1,800 people. Young Eleanor O'Bannion was not arrested, but she was there. Living in the tenements of Paterson, she survived near starvation, poverty, and illness. Against her better judgment, she decides to marry Charles Lafferty, the wealthy son of a silk baron. Charles is stable, dependable, and safe. So why does she continue to think about the dashing union leader Ravelli? 650 0 $a Silk industry $z Paterson $z Paterson $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Silk Workers' Strike, Paterson, N.J., 1913 $v Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20211207115406.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210602012702.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C8E2FC96C36A11EBBDEE4DF25BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search