LEADER 03983nam 2200709 450 001 9910460175203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5743-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442657434 035 $a(CKB)3710000000324230 035 $a(EBL)3296899 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001403377 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12606043 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403377 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11365534 035 $a(PQKB)11785226 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669982 035 $a(CEL)449370 035 $a(OCoLC)903421430 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00235488 035 $a(DE-B1597)465584 035 $a(OCoLC)944178660 035 $a(OCoLC)999360089 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442657434 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256496 035 $a(OCoLC)958512259 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000324230 100 $a20160920h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAngels of the workplace $ewomen and the construction of gender relations in the Canadian clothing industry, 1890-1940 /$fMercedes Steedman 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1997. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 1 $aCanadian Social History Series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-0982-6 311 $a0-19-541308-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. Introduction: Across The Great Divide -- $t2. The Industrial Fields Of Activity: Send Forth Your Daughters -- $t3. Worlds Apart: Women And Unions In The Needle Trades, 1890-1920 -- $t4. From Shop-Floor Action To New Unionism: The War Years And After -- $t5. Taking A Stand: Civil War In The Needle Trades -- $t6. 'A Real Man'S Fight': Clothing Battles In The Depression Years -- $t7. When The Boys Get Together: Orchestrating Consent -- $t8. After The Acts: Setting The Standards, Putting On The Pressure -- $t9. Conclusion: 'This Group Of Girls And Men...' -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aIn this renowned 1997 study of the clothing industry in Canada, Mercedes Steedman examines how the intricate weaving together of the meanings of class, gender, ethnicity, family, and the workplace created a job ghetto for women. Although women comprised a significant majority of garment workers, their roles were limited both in the workplace and in the trade union bureaucracy. Detailing the disparaties between men and women in terms of wages and representation, Angels of the Workplace is the definitive history of discrimination against women in Canada's clothing industry. Steedman shows the crucial role that women played at the front of the picket lines during labour strikes and reveals how they gained sympathy and favourable media coverage for the workers' cause. Tracing both the new hopes for more equitable work brought about by left-wing unionism, and the disappointments caused by the cooperation of labour and management in the "new unionism" of the 1930s, Angels of the Workplace reveals how formalized workplace gender discrimination was formalized for the rest of the century. 410 0$aCanadian social history series. 606 $aLabor unions$zCanada 606 $aWomen labor union members$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$zCanada$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLabor unions 615 0$aWomen labor union members$xHistory. 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment$xHistory. 676 $a331.880971 700 $aSteedman$b Mercedes$0907041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460175203321 996 $aAngels of the workplace$92028908 997 $aUNINA