LEADER 03529oam 2200745I 450 001 9910800081903321 005 20240131151756.0 010 $a1-136-24866-8 010 $a0-203-10421-8 010 $a1-283-89543-9 010 $a1-136-24867-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203104217 035 $a(CKB)2550000000710921 035 $a(EBL)1101376 035 $a(OCoLC)823389733 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000812087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11513070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10859772 035 $a(PQKB)11542066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1101376 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1101376 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10640563 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420793 035 $a(OCoLC)847597856 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135085 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000710921 100 $a20180706e20131981 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen workers in the First World War /$fGail Braybon 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Women's history ;$vv. 6 300 $a"First published in 1981"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-00801-X 311 $a0-415-62270-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Comments 327 $aSelect BibliographyIndex 330 $aCommentators writing soon after the outbreak of the First World War about the classic problems of women's employment (low pay, lack of career structure, exclusion from ""men's jobs"") frequently went on to say that the war had ""changed all this"", and that women's position would never be the same again.This book looks at how and why women were employed, and in what ways society's attitudes towards women workers did or did not change during the war. Contrary to the mythology of the war, which portrayed women as popular workers, rewarded with the vote for their splendid work, the auth 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pWomen's history. 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$xPublic opinion$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xInfluence 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xInfluence. 676 $a331.4/0941/09041 676 $a331.4094109041 700 $aBraybon$b Gail.$01555419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910800081903321 996 $aWomen workers in the First World War$93876427 997 $aUNINA