Office Ladies/Factory Women:

First Published in 1990. In this extraordinary work of research and informed observation, Jeannie Lo describes her experiences as an OL ('office lady') and working as a factory woman on a typewriter assembly line at Brother Industries in Nagoya, Japan.. Chapter 1 Arriving in Japan; Chapter 2 A Day in the Factory; Chapter 3 Life in the Sales Office; Chapter 4 “Happy Dormitory Life”; Chapter 5 Portraits of Hardship; Chapter 6 Acceptance and Understanding;