Her work looked into the case study of the shoe industry in New England between 1780-1910, both a qualitative and quantitative research. The book viewed the dynamics, politics and culture ideology surrounding the growing industrialization of the shoe industry. According to Mary “This study on gender relations and the regional and national politics of New England’s shoemakers, is intended to deepen and widen knowledge on the contribution of women to the industrialization of the shoe industry”. The book used the method of Gender analysis in studying the culture, ideology and politics of work. Despite an in-depth analysis into the changing forms of production, gender and then protest,