Format:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415622707
,
9781136248672
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Women's History Series
Content:
This book looks at how and why women were employed, and in what ways society's attitudes towards women workers did or did not change during the war
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- 1. Women's Position in the Labour Force before 1914 -- 2. The Need for Women's Labour in the First World War -- 3. Women in Industry: (1) The Attitudes of Employers and Trade Unions -- 4. Women in Industry: (2) The Economic Problems of Women's Labour, and the Question of Equal Pay -- 5. Biology as Destiny: Women, Motherhood and Welfare -- 6. Women's Public Image during the War -- 7. Demobilisation and the Aftermath -- 8. The Position of Women Workers in the Twenties -- 9. Final Comments -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Braybon, Gail Women Workers in the First World War Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415622707
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
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