Camagay, Ma. Luisa T. creator author. text ph Quezon City The University of the Philippines Press c2024 2024 Revised edition. monographic eng xiv, 199 pages : colored illustrations ; 23 cm. "The work documents the lfe of gainfully employed women in the nineteenth century. Seven occupations of women were studied— namely, the cigarreras (tobacco factory workers), the matronas titulares (licensed midwives), the maestras (teachers), the criadas (female domestic workers), the tenderas and vendedoras (store owners and vendors), the costureras and bordadoras (seamstresses and embroiderers), and mujeres pùblicas (prostitutes). With women often absent or marginalized in the pages of history, the study attempts to unravel, through archival sources and other nondocumentary sources like literature and iconography, the life of these working women. Despite the meager archival materials on women, and more specifically working women, this study prides itself in having used primary sources to document working Filipino women during the Spanish period." --Backcover Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The cigarreras -- Chapter 2: The vendedoras and the tenderas -- Chapter 3: The bordadoras and the costureras -- Chapter 4: Las criadas -- Chapter 5: Las maestras -- Chapter 6: Matronas titulares -- Chapter 7: Mujeres pùblicas -- Chapter 8: A glimpse of working women of manila in the nineteenth century. Adult adult Ma. Luisa T. Camagay. Includes index. Purchased Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : History Text in English Women tobacco workers Philippines Manila History Women cigar makers Philippines Manilas History Working class women Philippines Manila 9786210900347 [paperback] University of Cebu-Banilad 250910 20250910095529.0