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Book SynopsisTrade Review"By analyzing the process of work in both the electrical and the automobile industries, the supplies of male and female labor available to each, the varying degrees of labor-intensive work, the proportion of labor costs to total costs, and the extent of male resistance to female entry into the industry before, during, and after the war, Milkman offers a historically grounded and detailed examination of the evolution, function, and reproduction of job segregation by sex."--
Journal of American History"Analytic sophistication is coupled with a powerfully rendered narrative: the reader strides briskly along, enjoying one provocative insight after another while simultaneously absorbed by the drama of the events."--
Women's Review of BooksTable of ContentsPreface xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Fordism and Feminization 12
3 The Great Depression and the Triumph of Unionization 27
4 Redefining "Women's Work" 49
5 Wartime Labor Struggles over the Position of Women in Industry 65
6 The Emergence of a Women's Movement in the Wartime CIO 84
7 Demobilization and the Reconstruction of "Woman's Place" in Industry 99
8 Resistance to Management's Postwar Policies 128
9 Epilogue and Conclusion 153
Notes 161
Index 207
