1st Edition
Women Workers in the Second World War Production and Patriarchy in Conflict
By Penny Summerfield
Copyright 2013
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Second World War is often seen as a period of emancipation, because of the influx of women into paid work, and because the state took steps to relieve women of domestic work.
This study challenges such a picture. The state approached the removal of women from the domestic sphere with extreme caution, in spite of the desperate need for women’s labour in war work. Women’s own preferences... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Pre-War 3. Mobilisation 4. Child Care 5. Shopping 6. Working Hours 7. Dilution 8. Conclusion. Appendices
Biography
Summerfield, Penny
