{"product_id":"women-and-work-in-britain-since-1840-9780415259118","title":"Women and Work in Britain since 1840","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twentieth century and examines over 150 years of womenâs employment history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith suggestions for research topics, an annotated bibliography to aid further research, and a chronology of important events which places the subject in a broader historical context, Gerry Holloway considers how factors such as class, age, marital status, race and locality, along with wider economic and political issues, have affected womenâs job opportunities and status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey themes and issues that run through the book include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003econtinuity and change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe sexual division of labour\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen as a cheap labour force\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomenâs perceived primary role of motherhood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen and trade unions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eequality and difference\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eeducation and training.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of womenâs studies, gender studies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 2. ‘Fit Work for Women’ Working Class Women and Paid Work in the Mid Nineteenth Century 3. The Problem of the ‘Superfluous Women’ 4. Women Organizing: Trade Unions and Other Industrial Organizations 5. Equal or Different? Divisive Issues in the Industrial Women’s Movement 6. Women’s Work Before the First World War 7. Out of the Cage? Women’s Experience of Work During the First World War 8. Women’s Work in the Interwar Period 9. Women’s Employment in World War Two: Continuity or Change? 10. Back to Home and Duty again? 11. Women’s Employment in the 1950s and 1960s 12. Women’s Work in the Age of Equal Opportunities: 1969 to the End of the Century 13. Women’s Work since the 1840s. Appendix 1: Chronology of Important Dates. Appendix 2: Brief Biographies of Some Key Women\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018123608407,"sku":"9780415259118","price":44.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415259118.jpg?v=1750775709","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-work-in-britain-since-1840-9780415259118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}