03529oam 2200745I 450 991080008190332120240131151756.01-136-24866-80-203-10421-81-283-89543-91-136-24867-610.4324/9780203104217 (CKB)2550000000710921(EBL)1101376(OCoLC)823389733(SSID)ssj0000812087(PQKBManifestationID)11513070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812087(PQKBWorkID)10859772(PQKB)11542066(MiAaPQ)EBC1101376(Au-PeEL)EBL1101376(CaPaEBR)ebr10640563(CaONFJC)MIL420793(OCoLC)847597856(FINmELB)ELB135085(EXLCZ)99255000000071092120180706e20131981 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen workers in the First World War /Gail BraybonLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (249 p.)Routledge library editions. Women's history ;v. 6"First published in 1981"--T.p. verso.1-138-00801-X 0-415-62270-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Paperback Edition; 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 CommentsSelect BibliographyIndexCommentators 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 towards women workers did or did not change during the war. Contrary to the mythology of the war, which portrayed women as popular workers, rewarded with the vote for their splendid work, the authRoutledge library editions.Women's history.WomenEmploymentGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWomenEmploymentPublic opinionHistory20th centuryPublic opinionGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918WomenWorld War, 1914-1918InfluenceWomenEmploymentHistoryWomenEmploymentPublic opinionHistoryPublic opinionHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Women.World War, 1914-1918Influence.331.4/0941/09041331.4094109041Braybon Gail.1555419MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910800081903321Women workers in the First World War3876427UNINA