246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Commentators writing soon after the outbreak of the First World War about the classic problems of women’s employment (low pay, lack of career structure, exclusion from "men’s jobs") frequently went on to say that the war had "changed all this", and that women’s position would never be the same again.
This book looks at how and why women were employed, and in what ways society’s attitudes... Read more
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
Biography
Gail Braybon
