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Haberland touches on a number of interesting events and personalities concerned with working conditions, wage distributions, racial and gender inequities, consumerism, unionization, and labor disputes; thereby, the author entices readers to contemplate the interconnections between cultural and economic factors not only as they pertain to the lives of women and their families, but also to the path and pace of regional development.--T. E. Sullivan Choice Striking Beauties works well as an overview of the southern garment industry, as it traces the industry from expansion in the southern United States to its move to the global South. It also serves as a jumping-off point for scholars who want to delve more deeply into the labor policies, work and gender cultures, and business models of the apparel industry.--Jessica Wilkerson Labor: Studies In Working Class History of the Americas Striking Beauties is impressively researched (enriched in particular by oral histories) and makes a compelling case for the importance of apparel workers to understanding labor, gender, race, and industrialization in the South.--Kathleen M. Barry Journal of American History Striking Beauties show how women s history can offer new insights about the histories of economic development, unionization, racial inequality, and industrial decline--Tami Friedman The Journal for Southern Literature Striking Beauties is impressively researched (enriched in particular by oral histories) and makes a compelling case for the importance of apparel workers to understanding labor, gender, race, and industrialization in the South.--Kathleen M. Barry Journal of American History Striking Beauties works well as an overview of the southern garment industry, as it traces the industry from expansion in the southern United States to its move to the global South. It also serves as a jumping-off point for scholars who want to delve more deeply into the labor policies, work and gender cultures, and business models of the apparel industry.--Jessica Wilkerson Labor: Studies In Working Class History of the Americas

Haberland touches on a number of interesting events and personalities concerned with working conditions, wage distributions, racial and gender inequities, consumerism, unionization, and labor disputes; thereby, the author entices readers to contemplate the interconnections between cultural and economic factors not only as they pertain to the lives of women and their families, but also to the path and pace of regional development.--T. E. Sullivan Choice

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MICHELLE HABERLAND is associate professor of history and director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Georgia Southern University.

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