Contents
Foreword, by Lisa Fine
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Beginnings of the H. W. Gossard Company
Cecilia Kangas, Gossard Girl
Chapter 2. The Factory
Rose Collick, Gossard Girl
Claude Tripp, Gossard Manager
Chapter 3. A Decade of Expansion
Madeleine DelBello, Gossard Girl
Laila Poutanen, Gossard Girl
Lucy Tousignant, Gossard Girl
Chapter 4. Considering Unionization
Elaine Peterson, Gossard Girl
Helmi Talbacka, Gossard Girl
Denise Anderson, Gossard Girl
Chapter 5. Transforming Fashions
Marjorie Ketola, Gossard Girl
Rita Corradina, Gossard Girl
Chapter 6. Changes Force Gwinn Closure
Paulette Nardi, Gossard Girl
Anita Lehtinen, Gossard Girl
G. Mae Kari, Gossard Girl
Chapter 7. Signs of the Time
Joyce and Dennis Evans, Gossard Couple
Nancy Finnila, Gossard Girl
Remigia Davey, Gossard Girl
Chapter 8. Remembering the Gossard
Gerald Harju, Son of Lydia Harju
Judy Charbonneau, Daughter of Anita Lehtinen
Joan Luoma, Daughter of Clifford and Edith Perry
Barbara Gauthier, Daughter of Viola Medlyn
Michael Morissette, Son of Henry and Alice Morissette
Chris Wiik, Gossard Girl
Chapter 9. Reemergence
Ruth Craine, Gossard Girl and Union Organizer
Geraldine Gordon Defant, ILGWU Union Organizer
Dorothy Windsand, Gossard Girl
Acknowledgments
Appendix. People Interviewed for the Book
Glossary
Sources
Index