Rag Woman, Rich Woman — Margaret Davis

Rory McElpy lives with her wastrel father, rag-woman mother and ten brothers and sisters in a Glasgow slum. It is the 1920's and the depression is taking its bitter toll. Rory is determined to better herself -- and her fierce desire to be as genteel as her friend Victoria receives a boost when she meets intense, politically minded Matthew Drummond at a dance…

But Matthew's ambitions exceed Rory's -- and she is left behind with nothing except her punctured dreams. A survivor, Rory conceives her own idea for a business and pursues it with a ruthless, single-minded drive…