← Rebecca Harding DavisMargaret Howthby Rebecca Harding DavisNovel exploring industrial work, dreams, and social responsibility in AmericaFind on Amazon↗About the authorRebecca Harding DavisRebecca Harding Davis was a pioneer of American industrial fiction whose Life in the Iron-Mills gave voice to the suffering of mill workers years before the naturalist movement. She is one of the founding figures of American realism.More by Rebecca Harding DavisLife in the Iron-MillsNovella depicting industrial labor, poverty, and moral struggle in iron mills→Waiting for the Verdict→Natasqua→Frances Waldeaux→