218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1950s heated views were sometimes expressed about the alleged social results of married women going out to work. Originally published in 1962 Married Women Working attempts to examine the question objectively. It is based on two studies undertaken over a period of nearly five years in a solidly working-class London district – one, a detailed study in the factory of a well-known firm of... Read more
New Foreword to the Reissue John Goodwin. Tables in Text. Tables in Appendix. 1. Work and Family 2. Perspectives and Methods 3. Bermondsey’s Past 4. Bermondsey Today 5. The Peek Frean Factory 6. Married Women as Employees at Peek Frean’s 7. The Bermondsey Wives Who Worked 8. Home Making 9. The Children 10. Conclusions. Appendices: I. Method. II. Tables. Index.
Biography
Pearl Jephcott (1900-1980) was based at the London School of Economics at the time of writing.
From the New Foreword: "Jephcott’s Married Women Working (1962) is a ground-breaking study of gender and work and … of married women’s employment."
